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Mandatory contact tracing in Zurich brothels stirs controversy

Wed, 07 Oct 2020 13:57:59 +0200

A lawyer for the Zurich sex industry is taking legal action against new tracing rules being implemented for prostitutes working in the Swiss canton.

Council-funded brothel touted for Zurich

Mon, 25 Apr 2016 12:00:56 +0200

Zurich could open a municipal brothel if a proposal by a left-wing politician gets the go-ahead.

Man dies after fatal embrace in Ticino brothel

Fri, 14 Feb 2014 00:52:00 +0100

A man died of a heart attack while in the embrace of a prostitute at a brothel in Ticino, a newspaper from the Italian-speaking canton reported on Thursday.

Bern police probe deadly village brothel brawl

Wed, 18 Sep 2013 13:51:00 +0200

Bern cantonal police are investigating a fight in a remote village “sex club” in the municipality of Rapperswil that left one man dead and another one injured on Tuesday.

Brothel brawl leaves man in critical state

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 12:23:00 +0200

One man is fighting for life in hospital and another is in jail following a brawl at a brothel in Thun in the canton of Bern.

'I'm a whore and proud of it'

Wed, 30 May 2012 18:23:56 +0200

Madame Lisa, the manager of the biggest brothel in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, has spoken out about the joy she derives from her profession in her newly published memoirs.

Muslim refugees housed in Swiss brothel

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:26:00 +0100

Eleven Muslim refugees have been housed by Social Services in a brothel in Thurgau in north-eastern Switzerland.