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Just how thorough this “investigation” will be remains to be learned, but since some of the people doing the investigating have fairly checkered pasts of their own, the best guess is: Not Very. Put it this way: neither Stern nor any of Prokhorov’s prospective brethren owners seemed disturbed in the least by the revelations of Sunday’s 60 Minutes episode: * He built his fortune virtually from scratch, largely in the metals trade, in a Yeltsin-era Russia he likens to “the Wild West – a territory with no sheriff”, but maintained it had been at least 15 years since he last bribed a government official.
*In January of 2007 Prokhorov was jailed for four days by French police, who had charged him with promoting prostitution after he flew in a planeload of Russian party girls for the entertainment of two dozen holidaying guests and business associates at Corchevel. (“Now there,” said Nicolas Sarkozy, at the time the French Minister of the Interior, “is a man who wants to please.”)

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Ald Soward called for a 15-year sentence for Glenorchy man Gary John Devine, who pleaded guilty to pimping the girl at his home
Devine, 51, received a 10-year sentence with an eight-year non-parole period last week.
But he has lodged an appeal against the sentence, claiming it to be manifestly excessive.
Ald Soward said he had started the Facebook group to lobby for tougher sentences.
Asked about what Devine should have received he said: “I don’t know, my own personal opinion is that 15 to 20 years would have been more appropriate”.
Ald Soward said the site had gained 12,500 members since being set up on Friday night.
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He acted as the girl’s pimp, charging $100 for half an hour and an extra $50 if the client did not want to wear a condom.

See the full article from “Tasmania Mercury”

SALISBURY, Md.- Salisbury police say an undercover sting led to the arrest of four women on prostitution charges.
Police say that on Friday the department’s Safe Streets Team conducted a prostitution sting in the East Church Street.  The sting utilized an undercover officer from Maryland State Police to act as a “john” in an attempt to make contact with prostitutes. Police say the undercover officer would then gather enough evidence to take the alleged prostitute to a pre-determined location where she would be arrested and charged by members of the Safe Streets Team.
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Jennifer Lynn Foskey, 25, of Salisbury was charged with prostitution (city code). 
Heather Elizabeth Uff, 36, of Salisbury, was charged with prostitution. She was also found to be wanted by the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office on two outstanding body attachments from the Wicomico County Circuit Court.
Jessica Rose Tryon, 25, of Salisbury, was charged with prostitution.    
Shannon Renee Hoffman, 36, of Salisbury, was charged with prostitution.  

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17 men arrested in prostitution sting
The Daily News
Published March 30, 2010
GALVESTON A prostitution sting resulted in the arrest of 17 men accused of soliciting sex from an undercover police officer, authorities said.
The men, ranging in age from 25 to 63, were arrested on misdemeanor charges of prostitution with bonds set at $5,000 each, Galveston police Capt. Jeff Heyse said in a statement.
The Thursday sting was organized by the departments Vice and Narcotics Division with the assistance of Dickinson police, Heyse said.
Detective Joey Quiroga sent an undercover female officer to 35th Street and Seawall Boulevard to pose as a prostitute, Heyse said.

See the full article from “Daily News – Galveston County”

First Assistant District Attorney Cliff Herberg said a motion to double Robertson’s bail to $450,000 from $225,000 was filed Wednesday morning in state district court after allegations surfaced that he was threatening two women.
A judge had previously set Robertson’s bail at $75,000 for each of three felonies he was charged with last month. That amount was increased to $150,000 on each charge, Herberg said.
Robertson’s lawyer Jimmy Parks Jr. said the revocation was unusual because his client hadn’t been charged with a new crime. Still, Parks said that his client would try to post bail as soon as he could.
Robertson, 47, was charged Feb. 26 with trafficking of persons under 18 for prostitution, sexual assault of a child and sexual performance of a child in connection with a sex-trafficking ring that allegedly forced a 14-year-old girl to have sex with men throughout San Antonio and Corpus Christi.

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Texas Strip Club’s Battle Over ‘Pole Tax’
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A row over whether strip clubs in Texas should have to charge a $5 entrance fee has become the subject of a bizarre battle in the state’s Supreme Court.
Texan strip clubs want to drop the state enforced 5 dollar admission fee
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Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson asked lawyers for the strip clubs: “Is it proper or not for the state to have the position that live nude dancing should be discouraged?
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The Texas Entertainment Association, which represents strip clubs across the state, sued and a district judge struck down the law in 2008.
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Figures from the state’s accountants show that around 2.7 millions strip club customers have paid the fee since it took effect, although many clubs ignore the fee.
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In Texas, the law applies specifically to strip clubs that sell alcohol.

See the full article from “Sky News”

Strip Club’s Battle Over ‘Pole Tax’
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A row over whether strip clubs in Texas should have to charge a $5 entrance fee has become the subject of a bizarre battle in the state’s Supreme Court.
Texan strip clubs want to drop the state enforced 5 dollar admission fee
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Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson asked lawyers for the strip clubs: “Is it proper or not for the state to have the position that live nude dancing should be discouraged?
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The Texas Entertainment Association, which represents strip clubs across the state, sued and a district judge struck down the law in 2008.
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Figures from the state’s accountants show that around 2.7 millions strip club customers have paid the fee since it took effect, although many clubs ignore the fee.
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In Texas, the law applies specifically to strip clubs that sell alcohol.

See the full article from “Sky News”

Strippers to the Supremes 
So the Texas Supreme Court became the latest legal entity to be dragged into the slow-burning legal argument over the $5 stripper surcharge – AKA the titty tax – after it heard the latest round of arguments in San Antonio yesterday.
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The issues have been getting obscured by salacious coverage, and it really doesn’t help when the Statesman ran a story today posing the question “Is exotic dancing, performed partially clothed or fully nude, a form of free speech protected by the U.S. Constitution? Strip club owners insist that it is.” Yes, strip club owners and the U.S. Supreme Court. The unfortunate problem for those opposing the tax is that the Texas Supremes are not as enamored of the fact that naked performances are still protected free speech as SCOTUS is.

See the full article from “Austin Chronicle (blog)”

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Texas Fights for Strip Club Pole Tax
By Michael Cohn
The state of Texas is hoping to entice some more dollar bills out of strip club patrons, even though two courts have already said the states so called pole tax is unconstitutional.
The Lone Star State is now taking the fight to the states Supreme Court, according to The Wall Street Journal, arguing that the $5-per visit fee does not violate the right to free speech. Texas argues that the tax will help deter rapes and other undesirable behavior by alcohol-imbibing customers at the Bada-Bing-like establishments, while the bar owners argue that the tax violates the dancers First Amendment right to freedom of expression.

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Strip clubs tell top Texas court $5 ‘pole tax’ violates free speech
Texas strip clubs have asked the state’s top court to strike down a $5-per-patron levy, saying it violates the First Amendment.
The state Legislature levied the so-called pole tax in 2007 on clubs offering live nude entertainment and alcohol. Proceeds were intended to help sexual-assault victims and to pay for health insurance for the poor.
State officials defended the tax in court yesterday, saying it promotes safety by discouraging the “combustible combination” of alcohol and nudity, the Austin American-Statesman writes.
Nonsense, argued the lawyer for the strip clubs, himself a former Texas Supreme Court justice.
Craig Enoch contended that the law was “designed for one purpose only: to raise revenue. And it picked an easy target: unpopular speech.”
The law was struck down in 2008, and a state appeals court agreed. But the judges could not agree on the reason why it was unconstitutional, so the state Supreme Court took up the case. The American-Statesman says the court typically takes about 13 months to rule.

See the full article from “USA Today”