Flora's was always a brothel - only you didn't call them brothels back then. And it was run by one of Auckland's godfathers of the sex industry.

Asian women lured to NZ with cash offers to work in the sex industry are being forced to work in slave-like conditions, a Herald investigation finds.

Why is infidelity so rife when the risks associated with affairs and illicit sex are so high?

Police are worried by a rise in underage prostitution in downtown Auckland, where girls as young as 12 are selling themselves for sex.

Police say increasing numbers of girls as young as 12 are working as prostitutes in Auckland's city centre.

nzherald.co.nz readers have shown strong support for a prostitute being sued by ASB for the money she was given by fraudster Stephen Versalko.

Bernie Madoff and his NZ equivalent Stephen Versalko, have a lot in common: both ordinary family guys with credible, crumpled facades.

Some Kiwi ladies are hoping for a different kind of score when the soccer World Cup kicks off this weekend in South Africa.

ASB Bank is trying to reclaim up to $2.55 million given by convicted bank fraudster Stephen Versalko to an Auckland prostitute, during his nine year scam.

A resident's complaint about "strange men knocking at his door" has led to a council using a technical clause to close a brothel.

Fears of a new Ripper-style serial killer have gripped the English city of Bradford.

The High Court orders an ASB Bank adviser to repay millions of dollars stolen from his employer.

The ASB is suing an escort to recover some of the $17.8 million stolen by fraudster Stephen Versalko over nine years.

The blonde in a tight, low-cut evening dress slid on to a barstool next to me and began the chat: Where are you from? How long are you here? Where are you staying?"

Stephen Versalko duped ASB Bank customers into parting with $18mby writing dodgy statements that didn't even carry the bank's logo.