Dozens of people go on trial Monday for suspected roles in a network that recruited desperate pregnant women from Bulgaria, brought them to France and sold their newborns to childless couples.

The UK government is failing sex workers by continuing to promote discriminatory laws and practices, argue experts in this week's BMJ.

A coalition of women's and human rights advocates are pushing New York state legislators to quickly pass a law against human trafficking. From VOA's New York Bureau, correspondent Barbara Schoetzau reports advocates say the sex trade is a flourishing industry in the United States, and New York is a major port of entry.

New research indicates that men arrested for buying sex from prostitutes are much less likely to continue their prostitution activity than clients of prostitutes not arrested for such behavior.

British police have identified the fourth of five women believed to have been victims of a serial killer targeting sex workers, as mourners gathered to pay tribute to the slain prostitutes.