All news on the topic: Sexual Exploitation

Former West Ham co-owner David Sullivan once boasted that he collected women “like some people collect stamps” — a remark that has taken on new weight as he now faces decades-old allegations of sexually exploitative and predatory behaviour.

An Australian woman accused of marrying Islamic State fighters in Syria allegedly lived with a teenager who was bought for $10,000 and then repeatedly assaulted and raped.

With the 2026 FIFA World Cup less than two weeks away, authorities across North America are raising alarms over a surge in fraudulent job offers linked to the tournament

Lured in with glitzy online ads and then trapped in an endless cycle of sexual exploitation – this is the reality of women pressed into prostitution across the UK.

One of Britain’s first gay surrogate parents has been charged with human trafficking for sexual exploitation and rape following an investigation by Essex Police.

Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan will no longer have to check in with Romanian police, despite still being under investigation for human trafficking.

The long-awaited inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal will "explicitly examine" whether the ethnicity, culture, or religion of perpetrators directly influenced offending, the Home Secretary vowed today.

In addition to being charged with aggravated pimping, the 62-year-old suspect was also charged with eight rapes.

Evidence in the investigation into whether Jeffrey Epstein used British airports to traffic women into the country may have been destroyed, detectives have reportedly been warned.

A former swimming coach who admitted secretly filming young girls and producing child abuse images has been released from prison after serving just over two years of a three year sentence, days after being hospitalised for punching a wall in his cell.

Meta’s second major trial of 2026 over alleged harms to children begins on Monday.

A graduate of Kuban State Medical University, who moved to Moscow, eventually became a figure in criminal chronicles, yet his criminal case has been stalled for several years in endless investigative bodies.

More than 20 humanitarian workers are set to stand trial in Greece on migrant-smuggling and money-laundering charges, seven years after authorities arrested them for their work rescuing migrants and refugees at sea. If convicted, they face up to 20 years in prison.

Five members of a Romanian grooming gang have been jailed for raping and sexually exploiting vulnerable women in Scotland.

Five members of a Tyneside grooming gang are facing lengthy prison sentences after they were convicted of a series of sex attacks on underage girls.

How a network for selling sex with teenagers was built in Russia — and which of its influential clients managed to escape responsibility

Amendment to crime and policing bill would make it criminal offence to profit from selling sex online

South Korean police report that Huh Kyung-young exploited followers sexually and embezzled millions to finance political activities using his position as a spiritual leader.

The rescue operation began after an online activist revealed the exploitation of the girls, who were deceived into traveling to Ivory Coast for employment, only to be forced into sex work. Four of the victims, all minors, were discovered to be pregnant.

The woman is one of four individuals who have initiated a civil claim against Andrew Tate in the UK, with accusations including rape, assault, and coercive control.