Raids arrests and prosecutions

Ilford Recorder: ‘A complete disgrace’: National activist group blasts Redbridge Council’s Ilford Lane prostitution crackdown

Redbridge Council’s efforts to reduce prostitution are a “complete disgrace” that will endanger vulnerable women, an activist group has warned. The English Collective of Prostitutes (ECOP) has claimed that a £20,000 trial to change the mindset and behaviour of those soliciting sex will only force sex workers into more dangerous situations. The trial, announced earlier […]

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Statement: “We’re No Criminals!”

We send our best wishes and support to the three women who tomorrow, 21 January 2019, are bringing a legal case to the High Court challenging street prostitution legislation. The English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP) is a network of sex workers working both on the streets and indoors campaigning for decriminalisation and safety. We fight […]

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Huffington Post: Victory For Sex Workers Taken To Court For Keeping Each Other Safe

All charges were eventually dropped against the migrant women, whose case was fought by the English Collective of Prostitutes. Due to current laws around brothel-keeping, some women are too fearful to work together at the same location and as a result often compromise their safety by working alone.  Two sex workers who were dragged through the courts […]

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Morning Star: Migrant women facing conviction for sex work have charges dropped

IGRANT women who faced conviction for “using their premises as a brothel” have had charges against them under the Sexual Offences Act withdrawn. The women, known as Ms O and Ms R, said they were providing sex work in a flat together for safety to support their families. The English Collective of Prostitutes’ (ECP) Laura […]

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‘Ridiculous’ Charges Dropped Against Migrant Sex Workers Who Shared Flat

By Aaron Walawalkar Members of the English Collective Prostitute celebrate outside Staines Magistrates Court after the CPS dropped charges against two Brazilian migrants. Credit: Crossroads AV Collective The Crown Prosecution Service has dropped its charges against two migrant women who faced conviction for letting each other use their shared flat to do sex work. Ms O […]

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Action Alert: Drop the charges – safety first!

08/01 UPDATE: VICTORY! Charges withdrawn against both women! More info to follow shortly… ————————- Two women arrested for working together for safety are being charged as tenants with “permitting premises to be used for prostitution”.  Two women (Ms O and Ms R) are due to appear at North Surrey Magistrates Court on 8 January 2020 charged […]

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Restless Magazine: Will the UK Decriminalise Prostitution?

Over the past year, the movement to decriminalise prostitution in the UK has gained unprecedented traction. Led by the English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP), which describes itself as “a self-help organisation of sex workers”, the #MakeAllWomenSafe campaign expresses an urgent need for legal reform with regard to the current state of criminalisation, particularly in cases […]

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Bulletin 8: November 2018 – October 2019

The English Collective of Prostitutes gathers reports from our nationwide network and the media, and regularly publishes them in the form of a bulletin. These reports show that police crackdowns on prostitution are widespread, that women are subjected to surveillance and raids, are convicted, fined, and even go to prison – all with devastating consequences. […]

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Independent: Police criticised for warning Swansea sex workers they could be prosecuted in clampdown

‘It is terrifying that this is the police response to women’s situation. Women are out there because poverty has increased – particularly in that area. People are really struggling,’ says campaigner Maya Oppenheim Women’s Correspondent @mayaoppenheim Police have been criticised for warning sex workers in Swansea that they could be prosecuted in a clampdown. Campaigners argued this would put the women in […]

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