London prostitutes ‘cleaned from the streets’Reported by Raw Story on Monday, 23 July 2012 (on July 23, 2012)
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The London Olympics are not big business for everyone — sex workers say they are being cleared from the streets around the stadium to make the area more presentable for the Games. While Britain’s limp economy hopes for an Olympic boost, police in Newham, the deprived east London borough that is home to the stadium, have closed some 80 brothels in the 18 months to March, according to a study by a local councillor. “For [...]
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