Prostitution

Owner of San Francisco 49ers, Leeds, Rangers busted in prostitution crackdown

Court documents indicate agents for the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force intercepted communication in which York responded to a prostitution website.

AUGUST 25, 2026|ByFIELD LEVEL MEDIA, JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Three arrested in suspected international trafficking network

The arrests followed a months-long investigation into suspected human trafficking, pimping, and causing women to leave another country for the purpose of prostitution, according to police.

AUGUST 20, 2026|BySARAH BEN-NUN

A prostitute in Israel waiting for a client.

Police enforce prostitution law unevenly, trafficking victims face visa barriers, comptroller finds

The audit, conducted from December 2024 through July 2025, examined enforcement of the law, investigations into trafficking for prostitution, protection of victims, and decisions on residence visas.

JULY 7, 2026|BySARAH BEN-NUN

A guard opens a door inside a prison that holds foreign prisoners, suspected of being part of the Islamic State, in Hasaka, Syria, January 7, 2020.

Tel Aviv serial killer Mohammed Halabi dies in prison due to medical condition

Halabi's killing spree was discovered on October 20, 1989, during the holiday of Sukkot. In total, his victims included two men, one Jewish and one Arab, and five women, both Jewish and Arab.

MAY 11, 2026|ByELI ASHKENAZI

Israel becomes 10th country to criminalize hiring prostitutes

When the law goes into effect, a first-time offender will be fined NIS 2,000 for hiring or attempting to hire a prostitute and NIS 4,000 for further offenses.

DECEMBER 31, 2018ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, LAHAV HARKOV

Representatives of women's rights NGOs and MKs after passage of Knesset law criminalizing the hiring of prostitutes, December 31, 2018

Israel to become 10th country to criminalize hiring prostitutes

If the law passes, it will make Israel the 10th country to institute what is called the “Nordic Model” of combatting abuse of sex workers.

DECEMBER 25, 2018ByLAHAV HARKOV

Knesset Members pose to mark the passing of a new law criminalizing prostitution on Tuesday, December 25, 2018

Dead pimp wins Nevada election

Dennis Hof, who died last month, was a strip-club owner who ran multiple brothels.

NOVEMBER 7, 2018ByREUTERS

Dennis Hof, a legal brothel owner and recent winner of the Republican primary election for Nevada State Assembly District 36, gets a kiss from Misty Matrix, his girlfriend and a legal prostitute

Bedroom, bar, brothel: the many faces of migrant homes in Italy

The International Organization for Migration said about 55,000 migrants had reached European shores in the first half of this year, many landing without papers, hope of a home or a job.

OCTOBER 13, 2018ByMICHELE BERTELLI

The Italian flag waves over the Quirinal Palace in Rome, Italy May 30, 2018

Prostitution in the Holy Land

Some men are deterred by fines that Israel now imposes on those who hire prostitutes, but others struggle to overcome the addiction.