Prostitution to be banned in Viennas Prater area

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Street prostitution is to be banned in large areas of Vienna’s Prater district from September. It is thought that as a result many of the prostitutes will move to the industrial zone in Liesing. Residents in Liesing are worried that this will result in problems and conflicts in Liesing with the prostitutes already working there. […]

Another underage teenager freed in red light raid

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Police in Klagenfurt arrested a 15-year-old Romanian girl who was a victim of forced prostitution after a series of raids on the red light scene in the city. Police said that the teenager had been forced into prostitution and was severely traumatised by her ordeal. But they said that the girl had managed to get […]

No prostitution in Neubau, says Blimlinger

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An influential Viennese district chief is thwarting his own party’s attempts to reform the city’s prostitution law. Neubau leader Thomas Blimlinger said today (Fri) he rejected the Greens’ decision to create one of the five areas where street sex trade would be allowed soon in his district. The agreement between his party and the Social […]

Police carry out prostitution crackdown

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Viennese police arrested five people in the first night of a new law regulating prostitution. A spokesman for police forces in the city said today (Weds) that five people were put in custody last night. He added that 40 men and women could face charges for breaching various regulations of the legal initiative which was […]

Prostitution law reform upsets opposition

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Vienna has started another attempt to regulate prostitution as a new law on the tradition-rich street sex industry comes into force. The new bylaw – in effect as of today (Tues) – bans prostitution from anywhere in the city but five areas where it is permitted. Two of them are situated along the busy Gürtel […]

Jailed brothel boss found commanding prostitution ring

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Graz officials have said a jailed Bulgarian brothel owner is accused of organising a prostitution ring from behind bars.Prosecutors said today (Fri) the woman, 51, had over the last year and a half arranged for seven Bulgarian prostitutes aged between 20 and 29 to be sent to Austria.Investigators found the woman had made calls worth […]