Supreme Court upholds prostitution pledge for AIDS funding
The Supreme Court has upheld a provision of federal law that requires foreign affiliates of U.S.-based health organizations to denounce prostitution as a condition of receiving taxpayer money to fight AIDS around the world.
Lawmakers reintroduce prostitution surcharge bill
Wisconsin legislators are bringing back a bill that would impose a new fine on anyone convicted of soliciting prostitutes.
Federal judge gives man 21 years on prostitution charge
A federal judge in Chicago has sentenced a Wisconsin man to more than 20 years in prison for forcing a 15-year-old girl into prostitution.
Man found guilty of taking girl to Illinois for prostitution
Federal officials say a Milwaukee man has been convicted of transporting an underage girl from Madison to the Chicago area to engage in prostitution.
Wisconsin man sentenced in North Dakota sex crime
A Wisconsin man accused of bringing women to North Dakota's oil patch and forcing them into prostitution has been sentenced to 21 months in prison.
Milwaukee man pleads guilty to sex crime in ND
A Milwaukee man accused of bringing women to North Dakota's oil patch and forcing them into prostitution has pleaded guilty in federal court.
Police plan crackdown on online prostitution
Janesville police plan a crackdown on online sex trafficking following the arrest of two people accused of forcing a 16-year-old runaway into prostitution.
Man to plead guilty to sex-trafficking 3 girls
MILWAUKEE (AP) – A Milwaukee man has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges of sex-trafficking three girls between Wisconsin and Illinois. Court records filed Wednesday show that Sean D. Patrick is charged with three counts of sex trafficking of a child and a fourth charge of conspiring to sex-traffic children. Federal prosecutors say the […]
9 men arrested in Internet prostitution sting
CLOQUET, Minn. (AP) — Nine men from Minnesota and Wisconsin have been arrested in an Internet prostitution sting. Detectives used a Cloquet hotel as the base for the prostitution arrests. The men are from Duluth, Minneapolis, Cloquet and Superior, Wis., and range in age from 24 to 62. Carlton County Attorney Thom Pertler said social […]
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