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Gardaí set up new unit to target prositution and brothel keeping
Recent attacks on vulnerable sex workers are also under investigation
A number of people are currently before the courts in relation to recent violent attacks on vulnerable sex workers. File picture.
Tue, 02 Feb, 2021 - 21:26
Ciarán Sunderland
Gardai have set up a new unit actively targeting organised prostitution and brothel keeping.
The Organised Prostitution Investigation Unit will police all aspects of organised criminality within the sex trade, including the enforcement of legislation criminalising the purchase of sexual services.
Two persons currently before the courts, a 44-year old man and a 26-year old woman, charged with multiple offences in relation to organised prostitution, brothel keeping, money laundering and fraud-related offences in the greater Dublin area, have been identified as examples of this unit s specialised investigations.
Digital violence on the rise, conference hears
Updated / Wednesday, 16 Dec 2020
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Detective Chief Superintendent Declan Daly said the affects of image based violence can be harmful, stressful and traumatic for victims
Social Affairs & Religion Correspondent
The Minister for Justice has said she is confident that legislation which will see sharing intimate images without consent become a crime will be enacted this year.
The Harassment, Harmful Communications, and Related Offences Bill is expected to pass through the Dáil and Seanad this week.
Minister Helen McEntee was speaking at the launch of the Rape Crisis Network s 2019 annual report.
The new law comes after intimate images of Irish women were leaked online without their consent.