Sex Trade

In Bengal, 77 percent of trafficked children lured into sex trade with good jobs as bait: Report

Seventy-seven percent of the children who are victims of commercial sexual exploitation in Kolkata are lured into the sex trade with the promise of a good job

X-ray-enabled age test to prevent teenagers getting into prostitution in West Bengal

A sex workers' organisation is using X-Ray test as a tool to determine the age of the girls who are about to join flesh trade in West Bengal

Rajasthan: Minor girl forced into sex trade; escapes after 6 months

A 15-year-old girl was allegedly abducted from Jaipur, tormented and pushed into the sex trade during her six-month confinement, before she escaped.

Delhi: Police rescue girl 9 months after she was abducted, sold into sex trade

A 15-year-old Delhi girl has been rescued nine months after she was allegedly kidnapped, gang-raped and forced into prostitution in West Bengal's Darjeeling district, police said today.

How Delhi came to have Sonu Punjaban on speed dial

From a lover of 'dangerous men' and a 'lavish lifestyle' to 'beautiful', Sonu Punjaban, a high class pimp arrested in a sting operation in Delhi, has acquired many definitions.

Why Baby Falak had to die

There might be more victims than criminals in the Baby Falak case.

High class hookers are cool!

Media stories tend to peddle upmarket prostitution as a genteel profession. Trade your wares on the street, you're a sad, pathetic whore. Do it in a 5-star hotel, you're a glamour girl.

Goldman fund exits Village Voice's sex advert site

A private equity fund run by Goldman Sachs Group Inc, under fire over its business ethics, has agreed to sell back its stake in a media company that critics say facilitates sex trafficking.

Gurgaon gang-rape: The ugly side of ‘help’ culture

Police say the victim of a Gurgaon rape case was working as a escort in a pub and the persons who raped her knew her and possibly planned it.

Former IMF chief to be quizzed on prostitution ring

Kahn is suspected to have attended parties in which the prostitution ring operated.