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

A former prostitute, who was paid $2.5 million by ASB fraudster Stephen Versalko, was in the Auckland High Court this week to make a deal with the bank over the money.

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.

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 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.