https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Austria in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Police in Lower Austria have exposed a horrifying case of human trafficking where a Chinese gang lured women to Austria with false promises of jobs and forced them to work as prostitutes. https://www.thelocal.at/20161114/chinese-women-lured-to-austria-and-forced-to-sell-sex Mon, 14 Nov 2016 13:17:06 +0100 chinese-women-lured-to-austria-and-forced-to-sell-sex A licensed brothel in the city of Salzburg has been offering free drinks and free sex in a protest against what its owner says is unfair taxation. https://www.thelocal.at/20150610/salzburg-brothel-offers-free-sex-in-tax-protest Wed, 10 Jun 2015 15:52:57 +0200 salzburg-brothel-offers-free-sex-in-tax-protest Police in Vienna say they have noticed a rise in the number of illegal brothels masquerading as massage parlours, according to a report in the Kurier newspaper. https://www.thelocal.at/20150203/illegal-brothels-disguised-as-massage-parlours Tue, 03 Feb 2015 13:22:00 +0100 illegal-brothels-disguised-as-massage-parlours A 19-year-old woman from Kosovo who was forced into prostitution and kept as a sex slave in a cellar in Switzerland for almost three years has sought asylum in Austria. https://www.thelocal.at/20141031/swiss-sex-slave-seeks-asylum-in-austria Fri, 31 Oct 2014 12:27:00 +0100 swiss-sex-slave-seeks-asylum-in-austria After a panel decision, a prison guard in Vienna has lost her job working as security for a local brothel. https://www.thelocal.at/20141027/prison-guard-loses-job-at-brothel Tue, 28 Oct 2014 00:02:00 +0100 prison-guard-loses-job-at-brothel A group of Romanian human traffickers have been arrested for forcing three young woman into prostitution against their will. https://www.thelocal.at/20141023/traffickers-force-trio-into-prostitution-in-styria Thu, 23 Oct 2014 14:59:00 +0200 traffickers-force-trio-into-prostitution-in-styria According to a report Monday in the news daily Heute, the provincial government of Salzburg is being forced to hand back illegally-imposed fees for medical checks on several hundred sex workers. https://www.thelocal.at/20141013/salzburg-forced-to-pay-1-million-to-prostitutes Mon, 13 Oct 2014 14:19:12 +0200 salzburg-forced-to-pay-1-million-to-prostitutes A 21-year-old prostitute was pushed out of a moving van by a client in Liefering in the city of Salzburg on Saturday night. https://www.thelocal.at/20141006/prostitute-kicked-out-of-moving-van Mon, 06 Oct 2014 13:49:34 +0200 prostitute-kicked-out-of-moving-van Two men who posed as policemen and carried out ‘security checks’ on prostitutes have been arrested in Innsbruck. https://www.thelocal.at/20140922/fake-policemen-investigated-prostitutes Mon, 22 Sep 2014 17:17:57 +0200 fake-policemen-investigated-prostitutes Vienna council is considering introducing drive-in brothels for street sex workers, as a way of dealing with problematic prostitution in certain areas of the city. https://www.thelocal.at/20140908/sex-boxes-mooted-as-possibility-for-vienna Mon, 08 Sep 2014 13:37:34 +0200 sex-boxes-mooted-as-possibility-for-vienna A row over street prostitution in Vienna’s 21st district, Floridsdorf, looks like being partially resolved after the district council voted in favour of enforcing a time limit on street walkers. https://www.thelocal.at/20140821/street-walkers-in-floridsdorf Thu, 21 Aug 2014 15:58:00 +0200 street-walkers-in-floridsdorf A group of politicians from Vienna’s 21st district, Floridsdorf, have launched a petition against street prostitution in their area. https://www.thelocal.at/20140806/petition-against-street-walkers-in-floridsdorf Wed, 06 Aug 2014 18:40:00 +0200 petition-against-street-walkers-in-floridsdorf A punter who got into a fight with a prostitute in Vienna is on trial for attempted murder after stabbing a security guard at a brothel in Favoriten. https://www.thelocal.at/20140730/murder-trial-after-vienna-brothel-stabbing Wed, 30 Jul 2014 17:18:08 +0200 murder-trial-after-vienna-brothel-stabbing The United Nations in Vienna is marking the first World Day Against Trafficking in Persons with an event at the Vienna International Centre. https://www.thelocal.at/20140730/un-marks-first-day-against-human-trafficking Wed, 30 Jul 2014 13:58:00 +0200 un-marks-first-day-against-human-trafficking Conditions for prostitutes working on Vienna’s streets have shown little improvement, despite the introduction of the Prostitution Act in November 2011. https://www.thelocal.at/20140729/conditions-for-street-walkers-hardly-improved Tue, 29 Jul 2014 18:00:00 +0200 conditions-for-street-walkers-hardly-improved Police have discovered a brothel in the Salzburg district of Schallmoos where 15 women were being made to live in a cramped cellar, deprived of sunlight and fresh air. https://www.thelocal.at/20140701/prostitutes-forced-to-live-in-basement Tue, 01 Jul 2014 12:51:00 +0200 prostitutes-forced-to-live-in-basement Austrian law enforcement authorities, with the support of Europol, have identified 11 potential victims of human trafficking and reported ten people for illegal prostitution in Carinthia. https://www.thelocal.at/20140522/police-tackle-illegal-prostitution-in-carinthia Thu, 22 May 2014 17:51:00 +0200 police-tackle-illegal-prostitution-in-carinthia The Austrian justice system fails victims of trafficking by being too lenient with sentencing for traffickers, according to victim organizations. Victims of trafficking are rarely granted residence permits, and some are trafficked multiple times. https://www.thelocal.at/20140416/trafficking-victims-failed-by-austrian-justice Wed, 16 Apr 2014 14:16:00 +0200 trafficking-victims-failed-by-austrian-justice