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The Immigrant Council of Ireland is urging Galway TDs and senators to show their support for the publication of the heads of the Criminal Law [Sexual Offences] Bill 2014 which proposes wide ranging reforms of the current law.

A court has ordered a Hungarian woman living in Galway convicted of organising prostitution to leave the country or go to jail.

A number of brothels around Athlone were raided and searched as part of the all-island Operation Quest, which took place on Tuesday (May 29) in a coordinated action against those in charge of the nation’s sex industry.

Rape Crisis Network Ireland has warned against complacency as crimes such as organised prostitution, human trafficking, brothel-keeping, and other related sexual violence against women are happening in communities, both rural and urban, throughout the country.

A man serving a sentence in the UK for controlling prostitution and money laundering has been ordered to pay €2.2m or face another 10 years in prison.

A 49-year-old man serving a sentence in the UK for controlling prostitution and money laundering has been ordered to pay €2.2m or face another ten years in prison.

A brothel keeper who rented apartments in Galway, Dublin, Cork, and Limerick, and operated 61 websites advertising prostitution has been given a five-year sentence.

Difficult financial circumstances led to a married mother of five luring a drunken male down an alleyway and soliciting herself for prostitution, the Galway District Court heard this week.

A young Nigerian girl, who is believed by gardaí to have been trafficked into the country and forced into prostitution, has been taken into the care of the Health Service Executive. This decision is a major step forward for the gardaí, in their attempts to quash Kilkenny’s sordid sex industry.

Eight of the 10 people arrested last week following raids on brothels across the country have been released without charge, while two people have been charged in connection with the investigation.