Sex offender who assaulted vulnerable young man jailed for five years
Ronaldo Otto, who goes by the first name Samantha, pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 20-year-old autistic man
Ruhama
‘Hello, are you in Galway tonight?’ Sex trafficking was here long before the Epstein files
Term 'sex industry' camouflages the reality of young women holed up in apartments and lonely houses, being transported in vans, being used and abused by Irish men
From Dublin to Cape Verde: ‘Apart from family and friends the only thing I miss is the odd bag of Tayto crisps’
Amy Keenan Molloy moved with her husband to Cape Verde in 2005, where she has run bars, set up a charity and become an author of children’s books
‘Staggering’ 75% rise in demand for support by women impacted by prostitution and trafficking
Ruhama see ‘extraordinary rise’ in number of women seeking support, with 35% of them new victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation
Trafficked women can spend their life recovering from mental trauma, says campaigner
Ruhama opens new Cork-Kerry support service for victims of sexual exploitation
Calls for victims of sexual exploitation to be given better accommodation
Ruhama and Taoiseach set to launch new accommodation research on Friday
Removal of brothel-keeping law could ‘expand market’ for sex, O’Callaghan says
Opponents say law endangers women working together for safety, but Minister for Justice believes fears are ‘unfounded’
A century after the Monto, street prostitution has been replaced by sordid networks run by pimps
Ireland was never pure, but our 21st century ‘new order’ - with women human trafficked into the sex trade and much focus on toxic masculinity - is alarming
Numbers trafficked for sexual exploitation rise by nearly a third, support group finds
Ruhama’s annual report says 155 victims of human trafficking engaged with the charity in 2023
New referral mechanism needed to support victims of trafficking, IHREC says
Rights and equality commission calls for specialised shelter for victims of trafficking
Dedicated housing unit for trafficking victims to open in autumn
Department of Justice previously announced unit would open last year
Women in prostitution in Ireland experience ‘endemic violence’
Report says 2017 law has made a ‘very promising’ start in interrupting sex trade
Sex-trafficking: Why is Ireland’s record so poor?
Padraig O’Morain: It is our duty to prioritise the destruction of sex-trafficking
Sale of sex rises since Covid-19 restrictions lifted, advocacy group says
Ruhama calls on Government for better enforcement of legislation on purchasing sex
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