Sentence examples for licensing brothels from inspiring English sources

Decriminalisation would not solve all the industry's problems the details of licensing brothels, in particular, are tricky, when the line between commercial sex and other kinds is so fuzzy but it would help.

A spokeswoman for the provincial governorate of Istanbul, which is in charge of licensing brothels in Istanbul, said by telephone that she was not aware of any policy to close down brothels or otherwise impede legal prostitution.

Hence Banyard's title, Pimp State, which she defines as governments taking a direct cut from the commercial sex industry by licensing brothels and taxing the people who own them.

Still, licensed brothels like the Mustang Ranch enjoy wide support across rural Nevada.

Of the state's 17 counties, 10 or so contain licensed brothels.

Administered by the local police, there were until last year 55 licensed brothels in Taiwan employing 364 women.

(For sole operators and licensed brothels in Queensland, where this play was performed, it is).

The Ecuador study concluded that rigorous policing of street prostitution might limit the spread of STIs by directing sex workers into the safer environs of licensed brothels.

Undeterred, Butler appealed to the government not to license brothels, arguing that the state should never profit from the misery of women.

STREET-WALKERS; kerb-crawlers; phone booths plastered with pictures of breasts and buttocks: the sheer seediness of prostitution is just one reason governments have long sought to outlaw it, or corral it in licensed brothels or "tolerance zones".

As two more senior chief constables urged a review of the laws on prostitution in the wake of the call by Keith Hellawell, the Chief Constable of West Yorkshire, for licensed brothels, forces will come under pressure to take a more relaxed attitude to saunas selling sex.