The Local Switzerland

Zurich divided as sex drive-in opens its doors

Sun, 25 Aug 2013 11:05:00 +0200

As the Swiss city of Zurich opens the country's first sex drive-in to better regulate prostitution and move the sex trade outside the city centre, residents, politicians and sex workers remain divided over the scheme.

Geneva police raid sex parlours over 'tax fraud'

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:37:00 +0200

Geneva cantonal police raided eight erotic massage parlours on Tuesday for an investigation into tax fraud allegedly amounting to several million francs.

Thai jailed six years for forced prostitution ring

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:00:25 +0100

A Swiss court has sentenced a Thai woman to six and a half years behind bars for her role in a forced prostitution ring, in one of Switzerland's biggest ever human trafficking cases.

Zurich 'sex boxes' to open next year

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 12:35:00 +0100

Drive-in sex boxes will be opening in an industrial area of Zurich next summer as city officials attempt to put a lid on prostitution in downtown red-light districts.

Police crack Thai prostitution ring

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 09:31:00 +0100

Swiss police say they have dismantled a network that imported Thai women and men and forced them to work as prostitutes in several Swiss cities.

Zurich bans minors from sex trade

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:30:00 +0100

Wide open prostitution is coming to an end in Zurich after the city council approved measures to ban minors under the age of 18 from plying the sex trade.