To further illustrate the way rising gas prices are effecting people all over the world, police say a woman arrested in Northern Kentucky for soliciting prostitution was trading sex for gasoline. A sex sting operation by police was in effect at a Days Inn Hotel when Angela R. Eversole, 34, was arrested along with four other women for selling sex. After further investigation, police found that rather that trading sex for cash, Eversole bartered her body for $100 gas card and other gifts.

A newly released report shows that 42 people have broken into prisons in England and Wales in the last five years. According to reports, prostitutes and drug dealers are breaking into prisons in order to sell sex and drugs to inmates. The Guardian said that drugs are actually cheaper inside prison than on the street, because there is such an abundance of them within prison walls. Others say some of the break-ins may occur because prisoners become institutionalized and are not comfortable in the free world.

A man was arrested for biting off part of a prostitute's ear, after he mistook her of trying to get away without completing her task. According to police reports, the 54-year old man acquired the services of the 44-year old woman after finding an advertisement on the online classified listing, Craigslist.

Sex workers in Hungary now become significant contributors to the country's legal economy as officials said Monday it would allow prostitutes to apply for a working permit. The effort, which allows prostitutes to issue receipts to their customers and make social security contributions, in turn allows the approximately 20,000 prostitutes to generate for the Hungarian government as much as an estimated $1 billion annual revenue.

In an attempt to blend in with their surroundings, sex workers in Mombasa are undergoing a drastic fashion makeover. Most have traded in their scanty work attire for the buibui, a modest, loose, flowing gown and head covering favored by Muslim women. In the city's red-light district, several buibui clad ladies of the night walk the streets. Some gave reasons for this change in clothing styles.