Prostitution

An expert panel in Japan recommended criminal penalties for clients buying sex services, potentially driving a major legal reform. The bill, expected this autumn, aims to curb street prostitution and online solicitation.

An indictment was filed against two men in Be'er Sheva for running an extensive prostitution ring, recruiting women from abroad, and laundering hundreds of thousands of shekels.

The crew of the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln is taking its first leave after months facing Iran. While business owners in Thailand hope for economic gain, authorities raided entertainment venues and arrested dozens on suspicion of prostitution. "I have lived here for 20 years, I have never seen such a weak year," shared a local resident.

A suspected brothel in Haifa has been closed for 30 days by administrative order. Additionally, another business in the city was shut down for 21 days after an illegal resident was found employed on the premises.

The business where the illegal worker was employed was closed for 21 days, and the place suspected of being used for prostitution was closed for a month. Meanwhile, nine illegal residents were arrested in an apartment in south Tel Aviv after they allegedly threw stones at passersby from it.

The 46-year-old billionaire arrived at a trailer park following an online ad and was arrested by police. This is the embarrassing amount he paid and the lenient sentence he received in court.

The Israel Police have uncovered an international network suspected of human trafficking and pimping. Intelligence was provided by the Operational Coordination Department and the Israel Police representative abroad. Three suspects have been arrested on charges of human trafficking and inducing individuals to engage in prostitution.

Is the State of Israel retreating from the policy it set for itself to combat prostitution? Five years after the entry into force of the Prohibition of Consumption of Prostitution Law, a report by the Knesset Research and Information Center raises troubling questions.