Trafficking Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/trafficking/ Since 1975, the English Collective of Prostitutes has been campaigning for the abolition of the prostitution laws which criminalize sex workers and our families, and for economic alternatives and higher benefits and wages. Thu, 27 Nov 2025 20:21:55 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://prostitutescollective.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/favicon-260-x-260-150x150.png Trafficking Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/trafficking/ 32 32 Letter: Impact of immigration plans on modern slavery survivors https://prostitutescollective.net/letter-impact-of-immigration-plans-on-modern-slavery-survivors/ Thu, 27 Nov 2025 20:00:06 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=20075 Joint letter to the Home Secretary, issued by After Exploitation, in response to immigration plans announced by the government that would make life much worse for survivors of modern slavery and human trafficking seeking asylum in the UK.   Read the full briefing on the changes here. ---------------- After Exploitation + signatories info@afterexploitation.org 24th November […]

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]]> Big Issue: Conflating sex work and sex trafficking is harmful and needs to stop, Labour told https://prostitutescollective.net/big-issue-conflating-sex-work-and-sex-trafficking-is-harmful-and-needs-to-stop-labour-told/ Sat, 08 Mar 2025 08:10:18 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=18145 Further criminalisation of sex work could be more dangerous for both sex workers and survivors of sexual exploitation, activists and charities have warnedLauren Crosby Medlicott Emma had just turned 18 and thought having sheets on the window was ‘normal’ in a first flat. But she started questioning her situation when her boyfriend dumped her in London […]

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]]> OpenDemocracy: Sex workers need the police to do better, not more https://prostitutescollective.net/opendemocracy-sex-workers-need-the-police-to-do-better-not-more/ Thu, 21 Nov 2024 13:20:52 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17953 We know policing often harms sex workers. We need to talk about what it would take to change tack Jyoti Belur Ella Cockbain   Policing often harms sex workers. That’s not up for debate – copious academic research and sex worker-led advocacy and research demonstrate that. But we’re not actually sure why law enforcement behaves […]

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]]> House of Lords Select Committee inquiry on the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (2024) https://prostitutescollective.net/house-of-lords-select-committee-inquiry-on-the-modern-slavery-act-2015-2024/ Wed, 16 Oct 2024 10:48:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=20013 On 24 January 2024 an inquiry was launched to consider the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and its effectiveness in achieving its aims. A Select Committee was appointed to consider how the Act’s provisions have been implemented, how the Act has been impacted by recent political developments, and whether the Act is in need of improvement.The […]

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]]> Independent: Trafficking victims not referred for support in 7 in 10 sex industry police raids https://prostitutescollective.net/independent-trafficking-victims-not-referred-for-support-in-7-in-10-sex-industry-police-raids/ Tue, 20 Dec 2022 15:29:44 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17620 Exclusive: ‘After the raid, a lot of the women didn’t want to return to the premises because they were so traumatised,’ sex worker says as new information obtained under FOI laws emergesMaya Oppenheim Women’s Correspondent Around seven in ten police raids reported as being linked to modern slavery and sex trafficking are not resulting in any trafficking victims being referred to support services, […]

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]]> Podcast: ReThink Freedom – Taking the trafficking out of sex work https://prostitutescollective.net/podcast-rethink-freedom-taking-the-trafficking-out-of-sex-work/ Fri, 12 Aug 2022 10:13:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17106 Taking the trafficking out of sex work Freedom United host a special panel event discussing the decriminalization of sex work with our expert panel as an alternative to the Nordic Model and how the decriminalization of sex work can help build resilience to trafficking.

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]]> Independent: Police accused of ‘breaking law’ to target sex workers with ‘bullying and intimidating tactics’ https://prostitutescollective.net/independent-police-accused-of-breaking-law-to-target-sex-workers-with-bullying-and-intimidating-tactics/ Sat, 23 Apr 2022 17:55:39 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=16838 Exclusive: ‘They like to have the power, especially if they know the girl is scared then they have the upper hand,’ says sex workerMaya Oppenheim Women’s CorrespondentPolice officers have been accused of ignoring the law in order to ‘bully, harass and intimidate’ sex workers.Two letters, sent to police by campaigners and shared exclusively with The Independent, accuse officers of […]

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]]> Media Storm podcast: Sex Workers: Ignored and under threat https://prostitutescollective.net/media-storm-podcast-sex-workers-ignored-and-under-threat/ Thu, 10 Mar 2022 12:29:46 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=16291 Media Storm presented by Mathilda Mallinson and Helena Wadia.Warning: Some strong language and references to sexOnline or offline, the stigma that comes with being a sex worker is pervasive. But sex work is not just stigmatised - it's criminalised. Laws that ban certain aspects of sex work force workers into unsafe, unregulated environments, where they […]

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]]> Vice: Video – What Governments Don’t Want You To Know About Modern Slavery | System Error https://prostitutescollective.net/vice-video-what-governments-dont-want-you-to-know-about-modern-slavery-system-error/ Tue, 21 Sep 2021 13:05:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=15567 “Governments say that they’re tackling modern slavery, but they use that as a guise to raid and deport and terrorize migrant sex workers in the UK . . When sex workers actually go and report violence, including trafficking to the police, nothing is done about it. In some cases sex workers are actually arrested themselves […]

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]]> OpenDemocracy: Why Freedom United supports the decriminalisation of sex work https://prostitutescollective.net/opendemocracy-why-freedom-united-supports-the-decriminalisation-of-sex-work/ Mon, 23 Aug 2021 22:39:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=15486 The evidence is clear that to build resilience to human trafficking in the sex industry, decriminalisation is the most effective approach, so that is what we support Fences are not comfortable places, yet when it comes to sex work anti-trafficking organisations are clambering for a perch. They like it up there because it keeps them […]

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