Glasgow East End sex trade concern as more than 400 men seen using prostitutes

More than 400 men were seen buying sex in Glasgow's East End over recent months according to a support service helping vulnerable women.

A council report said between April and December last year Routes Out observed 414 sex buyers in the East End and four in the city centre. It said staff from Routes Out "observed that following a partnership approach and a short period of targeted policing focussed on those paying for sex, the numbers of sex buyers in the local area dramatically decreased which led to fewer women being present and increased engagement with the women selling sex and Routes Out."

It helped support 74 women between April 2023 and January 2024. Forty of the women were from south east Asia, 15 from east Africa and seven from west Africa among other regions.

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