Brighton & Hove Council Urged to Decriminalize Sex Work
2024-12-23
elrond
The English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP) is urging Brighton & Hove City Council to take a stand against the criminalization of prostitution. In a petition signed by over 1,300 local residents, the ECP demands that the council "do everything in its power to protect sex workers in the city and use whatever influence it has to push for decriminalization of sex work nationally."
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Man arrested in Sussex over immigration and human trafficking offences
2023-10-18
elrond
Ion Rudacan, also known as Ion Paun, found himself ensnared in the legal proceedings associated with Operation Elba, an enforcement effort spearheaded by Greater Manchester Police targeting the trafficking of women for the purposes of engaging in sex work in the northern region of the United Kingdom.
Notably, despite having been incarcerated and deported, this 36-year-old individual demonstr .....
Man charged with slavery and trafficking
2023-09-20
elrond
A man named Ion Rudacan was arrested on September 4 in Brighton, Sussex, on suspicion of controlling prostitution for gain. He was subsequently charged with a number of offenses, including controlling prostitution for gain, breaching a slavery and trafficking risk or prevention order, knowingly entering the UK in breach of a Deportation Order, and seeking or obtaining leave in the UK by deceptive .....
Mums Net thread on sex work by a sexworker
2020-10-11
elrond
For 12 years I worked as an escort, I also did occasional phone & cam work. I varied between working full time and part time, but around half was full time and the other half part time.
I've been put off doing one of these because of how they usually go but I'm always banging on about people making assumptions about sex workers and accepting stereotypes about us so I might as wel .....