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Fri 08 Aug 2009Human trafficking
HUMAN TRAFFICKING for sexual exploitation is a modern form of slavery where women and girls from the world’s poorest regions are coerced and exploited for profit in the more affluent parts of the world – including Ireland. The trafficked women are taken across national borders and forced to engage in prostitution. As a result, they face multiple hazards, including those of arrest, detention and deportation as illegal immigrants.
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