Call for laws to target those who pay for sex

Ireland must introduce laws that prosecute people who pay for sex or face becoming a haven for pimps and traffickers, the Immigrant Council of Ireland has warned.

Call for laws to target those who pay for sex

Northern Ireland is to introduce new legislation on June 1 that will make it illegal to pay for prostitutes, the only part of Britain or Ireland with such a law.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald published the heads of a bill last November that would outlaw the purchase of sexual services and the council says she should go ahead and implement it as soon as possible.

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