Proceeds of Crime Act Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/proceeds-of-crime-act/ Since 1975, the English Collective of Prostitutes has been campaigning for the abolition of the prostitution laws which criminalize sex workers and our families, and for economic alternatives and higher benefits and wages. Fri, 12 Sep 2025 17:51:04 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://prostitutescollective.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/favicon-260-x-260-150x150.png Proceeds of Crime Act Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/proceeds-of-crime-act/ 32 32 Vice: Sex Workers Are Having Their Earnings Confiscated in Trafficking Stings https://prostitutescollective.net/vice-sex-workers-are-having-their-earnings-confiscated-in-trafficking-stings/ Wed, 15 May 2019 21:57:15 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=7677 Raids – or "welfare visits" – carried out by police are supposedly conducted for safety, but they're harming sex workers and failing to identify genuine victims.   Anti-trafficking raids are often framed as vital rescue missions undertaken to save victims of modern slavery. However, according to Niki Adams – an English Collective of Prostitutes [ECP] spokesperson […]

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]]> Independent: Police harassment, blackmail and deportation – What life is like for sex workers https://prostitutescollective.net/ecp-in-the-independent/ Sun, 17 Jul 2016 13:52:49 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=4989 As the UK looks poised to decriminalise sex work, Siobhan Fenton meets the English Collective Prostitutes to discuss what life is like for sex workers under the current prostitution lawsSiobhan FentonIn years gone by, sex workers might have been viewed by society as people to be pitied, mocked or even judged, with whispered stereotypes about ‘fallen […]

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]]> Broadly: Why sex workers are losing their homes and life savings in police raids https://prostitutescollective.net/why-sex-workers-are-losing-their-homes-and-life-savings-in-police-raids/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 21:53:31 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=4856 Sex Workers Reveal What Cops Took from Them During Police Raids. In the UK, sex workers are losing everything in police raids—even their family jewelry. We speak to women who think they are being unfairly targeted by the cops. By Frankie Mullin   Janice is 60 years old and, for many years, sold sex. "The […]

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]]> Pensioner prosecuted for keeping women safe https://prostitutescollective.net/pensioner-prosecuted-for-keeping-women-safe/ Fri, 01 Jun 2012 12:56:40 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=4664 In 2011, a 72 year old woman was charged with “keeping/managing a brothel” (SOA 2003) and money laundering. Despite a woman working in the flat confirming that she was there for her safety, the jury at Luton Crown Court found her guilty on both counts. It came out in court that she was the sole […]

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]]> New Statesman: Why prostitutes are living in a “climate of fear” https://prostitutescollective.net/why-prostitutes-are-living-in-a-climate-of-fear-new-statesman/ Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:17:47 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=2005 Police crackdowns on brothel-keeping mean that sex workers are unwilling to report intimidation and violence.The trial of Sheila Farmer, an escort with a malignant brain tumor and diabetes charged with brothel-keeping, collapsed on 4 January after the prosecution failed to bring a witness to testify against her.Farmer, who worked with friends for safety after she was […]

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]]> Sabotage Times: Sheila Farmer and the brothel that never was https://prostitutescollective.net/sheila-farmer-and-the-brothel-that-never-was-sabotage-times/ Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:23:10 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=2010 All Sheila Farmer was trying to do was guarantee the safety of her and fellow consensual sex workers from violence, rape and robbery, that she was prosecuted is a national disgrace...It was January 3rd, 2012. Stepping over the broken-winged corpses of umbrellas on Croydon’s pavements, a rain-drenched, gale-battered group of approximately thirty supporters, myself included, […]

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]]> Update: Delay to abuse of Process case https://prostitutescollective.net/delay-to-abuse-of-process-case-it-will-not-be-heard-before-10-am-thursday-guildford-crown-court-2/ Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:29:37 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=933 Ms Morris says "I would like to thank everyone who gave their support, either in body or spirit, for my court case on 4 February. It is gratefully appreciated. This is a harrowing time for my family and I, but we are strengthened by knowing that people's thoughts are with us. The case has been adjourned till […]

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]]> Arrested for reporting violence https://prostitutescollective.net/arrested-for-reporting-violence/ Mon, 21 Feb 2011 13:56:06 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=4662 In February 2011, Ms Lorraine Morris was convicted for “keeping/managing a brothel (SOA 2003). Ms Morris was arrested after she dialled 999 to report a serious attack on a woman in a flat used by her escort agency. Two identifiable men, one with a sawn-off shotgun up his sleeve, threw petrol about, threatening to torch […]

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]]> Action Alert: Demand prosecution for brothel-keeping be dropped https://prostitutescollective.net/sheila-farmers-case-is-starting-on-monday-3-january-2012-2/ Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:39:22 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=809 Dear friends,We have asked you to write before in support of Sheila Farmer demanding that her prosecution for brothel-keeping be dropped. We ask now if you can please write again.Ms Farmer’s case has been widely publicised: despite her ill health she spoke to 5000 people at the SlutWalk march in Trafalgar Sq on 11 June, a protest […]

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]]> Convicted of assisting in the management of a brothel for working in a sauna https://prostitutescollective.net/police-and-cps-profit-from-raids-arrests-and-prosecutions/ Sun, 02 Jan 2011 13:55:04 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=4658 In 2010, a woman was convicted of assisting in the management of a brothel for working in a sauna in Birmingham. She worked two days a week and had only been there for six weeks. Despite her minimal involvement in the running of the premises the law on brothel-keeping is so wide-ranging that she was […]

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