https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A French court sentenced 24 members of a Lyon-based sex trafficking ring to prison terms of up to seven years for forcing Nigerian women into prostitution. https://www.thelocal.fr/20191130/nigerian-sex-traffickers-jailed-in-france Sat, 30 Nov 2019 11:14:46 +0100 nigerian-sex-traffickers-jailed-in-france French police said on Friday they have dismantled a Nigerian prostitution and trafficking network suspected of collecting and laundering tens of millions of euros across the country. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181006/french-police-bust-up-nigerian-prostitution-ring Sat, 06 Oct 2018 06:05:56 +0200 french-police-bust-up-nigerian-prostitution-ring French police have dismantled an international prostitution ring which was operating a "sex tour" business in some of the most upmarket areas of Paris. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180706/french-police-dismantle-sex-tour-prostitution-ring-in-upmarket-paris-districts Fri, 06 Jul 2018 13:12:14 +0200 french-police-dismantle-sex-tour-prostitution-ring-in-upmarket-paris-districts Three men have been arrested in Paris for running a prostitution ring in one of the capital’s most upmarket neighbourhoods. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171205/paris-police-dismantle-airbnb-prostitution-ring Tue, 05 Dec 2017 17:29:55 +0100 paris-police-dismantle-airbnb-prostitution-ring Sex workers protested in central Paris on Saturday, marking the first anniversary of a French law which made it illegal for their clients to pay for sex. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170409/sex-workers-protest-in-paris-against-penalising-clients Sun, 09 Apr 2017 13:57:34 +0200 sex-workers-protest-in-paris-against-penalising-clients Six months on, has the new French law that hits prostitutes’ clients with hefty fines had any impact in France? Prostitutes say it has been 'catastrophic' for their livelihoods. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160928/prostitution-in-france-has-fining-clients-changed-anything Wed, 28 Sep 2016 18:23:19 +0200 prostitution-in-france-has-fining-clients-changed-anything Lawmakers in France definitively voted in favour of a law on Wednesday that would fine people caught paying for sex €1,500 as part of a raft of measures aimed at tackling prostitution. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160407/france-to-finally-make-it-illegal-to-pay-for-sex Thu, 07 Apr 2016 09:25:01 +0200 france-to-finally-make-it-illegal-to-pay-for-sex The French parliament is set to finally rubber stamp a raft of measures aimed at cracking down on the “the oldest profession in the world”. Here are the main points. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160406/all-you-need-to-know-about-frances-new-law-on-prostitution Wed, 06 Apr 2016 14:19:13 +0200 all-you-need-to-know-about-frances-new-law-on-prostitution A prostitute in Cannes was forced to call in the police to deal with a client whose dog began taking part in a sex act. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160303/prostitute-files-complaint-after-client-brings-dog-along Thu, 03 Mar 2016 11:02:13 +0100 prostitute-files-complaint-after-client-brings-dog-along Madame Claude, France’s most famous brothel owner, who supplied call girls for the likes of former American president John F Kennedy and Libyan dictator has died in the south of France, according to reports. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151222/frances-most-famous-brothel-madame-dies Tue, 22 Dec 2015 11:36:02 +0100 frances-most-famous-brothel-madame-dies The 37,000 prostitutes in France are costing the country €1.6 billion a year, according to a new and extensive study that examined the economic effects that the sex industry has on French society. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150528/prostitution-costs-france-billions-each-year Thu, 28 May 2015 11:39:39 +0200 prostitution-costs-france-billions-each-year French police say they have broken up a network that saw Romanian prostitutes taken around French cities on so-called “sex tours”, that pulled in millions of euros for pimps. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150520/france-busts-sex-tours-pimping-network Wed, 20 May 2015 10:34:54 +0200 france-busts-sex-tours-pimping-network French lawmakers have scrapped a plan to hit clients of prostitutes with hefty fines and instead reinstated a controversial law that sees the sex-workers themselves liable to financial penalties and prison sentences if they are caught selling sex. They were blasted as "regressive" by the health minister. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150331/france-mulls-fining-clients-of-sex-workers Tue, 31 Mar 2015 15:03:09 +0200 france-mulls-fining-clients-of-sex-workers With a growing number of disabled people keen to pay for sexual services, one French former prostitute has launched a course for sex workers who are willing to help but don't know how. She tells The Local why she shouldn't be mistaken for a pimp. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150306/ex-call-girl-holds-frances-first-disabled-sex-course Fri, 06 Mar 2015 11:49:00 +0100 ex-call-girl-holds-frances-first-disabled-sex-course The French prosecutor at the pimping trial of Dominique Strauss-Kahn called on Tuesday for the ex-IMF chief to be cleared of charges of aggravated pimping. It comes after two prostitutes dropped their civil action against him. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150217/ex-prostitutes-drop-civil-action-against-dsk Tue, 17 Feb 2015 16:22:00 +0100 ex-prostitutes-drop-civil-action-against-dsk Prostitutes in France fear the DSK trial will only encourage lawmakers to crack down on their trade. But the spokeswoman for a sex workers' union tells The Local that not all clients of prostitutes are as bad as DSK. 'Sextremists' Femen, however, disagree. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150212/dsk-trial-spells-bad-news-for-french-sex-workers Thu, 12 Feb 2015 14:21:00 +0100 dsk-trial-spells-bad-news-for-french-sex-workers Disgraced former political heavyweight Dominique Strauss-Kahn took the stand for the third day in a row in his pimping trial, where he was probed about his Paris bachelor pad. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150212/dsk-to-shed-light-on-paris-bachelor-pad Thu, 12 Feb 2015 13:05:00 +0100 dsk-to-shed-light-on-paris-bachelor-pad Former prostitutes shared sordid sex stories at the trial of disgraced ex-IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who took the stand for the first time on Tuesday as he admitted to judges he had orgies a few times a year, but had no idea they involved sex workers. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150210/strauss-kahn-pimping-lille-trial-take-stand Tue, 10 Feb 2015 11:52:00 +0100 strauss-kahn-pimping-lille-trial-take-stand An ex-prostitute is marching on Paris to demand the French government fulfill its pledge to hit clients of prostitutes with steep fines. The landmark reform was shelved by a senate committee last year. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140904/prostitution-france-clients-fines-march Thu, 04 Sep 2014 11:27:00 +0200 prostitution-france-clients-fines-march France has refused a European Union order to add revenues from illegal drug sales and prostitution to its GDP calculations due to a spat over free will. Belgium and Spain have already signed up to the change. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140618/frances-refuses-to-include-dope-and-hookers-in-gdp Wed, 18 Jun 2014 20:55:00 +0200 frances-refuses-to-include-dope-and-hookers-in-gdp