Wasn't there a question of prostitution and therefore an issue of living off immoral earnings?

Prostitution is not illegal, a brothel is and the person who runs a brothel or a pimp can be prosecuted for living off immoral earnings. In this case the issue would be the drugs not the paying of a escorts/prostitutes as Vaz never visited a brothel and even if he had he would not be prosecuted for living off immoral earnings as he was the one paying

It doesn't need to be a brothel, it's living off immoral earnings under all or any circumstances. I may be wrong but I seem to recall a few years ago, paying for sex became a criminal act.

Well not if those drugs were used, definitely not !

Vaz is a security risk, as well as being a seedy, squalid old man preying on young men. What a disgrace for his poor wife and family. I wouldn't be surprised to hear that he enjoys sniffing round people's dustbins.

Only in Northern Ireland or if the prostitution is forced.

Wonder what would have happened if that had been a regular joe in that video.

It wouldn't have been on most front pages.

As I said a brothel or a pimp, it is not illegal to pay for sex thankfully whilst Harriet Harman wanted to criminalise it hasn't happened and neither should it if a person is selling sex by choice.

It is illegal in England and Wales to pay for sex with a sex worker who is working having been subjected to force. This caused a few raised eyebrows as you are guilty even if you had no idea a person was forced, there is no defence that you could not have known.

To my mind they should legalise brothels , the state gets more income via taxes, sex workers and clients are safer and that way the police could concentrate on street workers who would have no excuse to be there, and of course their pimps.

http://www.inbrief.co.uk/offences/li...oral-earnings/

What is being done about prostitution and immoral earnings?

The law is constantly changing in regards to prostitution and the money being immorally made from prostitution. At the moment prostitution is legal in the UK as already advised but activities surrounding prostitution for example pimping are illegal. The Sexual Offences Act, 2003 states in simple terms that “it is an offence to cause or incite prostitution or control it for personal gain”

The 1956 Sexual Offences Act makes it illegal to run a brothel and it is against the law to solicit sex on the street or to loiter. Providing that it can be shown that the person was causing a persistent annoyance – kerb-crawling is also banned.
•The placing of prostitution related adverts in phone boxes has been banned since 2001.
•The police are also being given greater powers with regards to the closure of brothels.
•An outright ban on paying for sex has been considered but there is not enough public support for such a ban