21 - 30 of 241 results for "sex industry"

  1. 21. news | 26 Apr 2013

    Singapore sex-for-fixing suspect hit with theft charge

    By AFP

    » The Singaporean businessman at the centre of a sex-for-match fixing case has been given a fresh charge of theft for allegedly stealing evidence, state prosecutors said Friday.

  2. 22. news | 14 May 2013

    Chinese sex workers 'face horrifying abuse'

    By AFP

    » Chinese sex workers are being subjected to widespread abuse by authorities, including beatings and torture in police custody and detention without trial, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.

  3. 23. news | 04 Apr 2013

    Australian faces child sex tourism charges

    By Online Reporters

    » An Australian man has been charged with child sex tourism offences in his home country after allegedly arranging for his 13-year-old son to visit a prostitute while on holiday in Thailand.

  4. 24. news | 11 Apr 2013

    Google snaps Australian couple 'having sex on road'

    By AFP

    » An Australian couple shot to fame on social media Thursday after an image of them having sex by the side of a rural highway made it onto Google Street View, sparking speculation it was a stunt.

  5. 25. news | 10 Apr 2013

    Lebanese refs denied bail in sex-for-fixing case

    By AFP

    » A Singapore court on Wednesday denied bail to three Lebanese football referees accused of accepting free sex from a gambling-linked international syndicate to rig a match.

  6. 26. news | 07 Apr 2013

    Singaporean charged over sex offer in match-fixing probe

    By AFP

    » A Singaporean businessman has been charged with corruption for offering free sex to three Lebanese football referees to induce them to fix a match in the city-state, a government agency said Sunday.

  7. 27. news | 21 May 2013

    Japan mayor says S. Korean troops guilty of sex abuse

    By AFP

    » South Korean soldiers were guilty of abusing women in wartime, a Japanese mayor said in comments reported Tuesday, days after he provoked a storm by labelling WWII sex slaves a military necessity.

  8. 28. news | 03 Apr 2013

    Australia launches national child sex abuse inquiry

    By AFP

    » Australia opened a national probe into child sex abuse on Wednesday, with premier Julia Gillard warning of "uncomfortable truths" as institutions including schools and churches come under scrutiny.

  9. 29. business | 23 May 2013

    Industry pushes for protection

    SOFTWARE

    By Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Newspaper section: Business

    » The private sector wants non-tariff barriers to protect the local software industry once the Asean single market is established.

  10. 30. news | 15 May 2013

    Brazil gives green light to same sex marriage

    By AFP

    » Brazil became the third and largest Latin American country to give a de facto green light to same-sex marriage.

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