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Trafficking

In 1994 police in Helsinki, Finland reported a sharp increase in the inflow of prostitutes from Russia and the Baltic States (Mansson, 1995). ("Trafficking of Women to the European Union: Characteristics, Trends and Policy Issues," European Conference on Trafficking in Women, (June 1996), IOM, 7 May 1996)

Prostitution

In 1994, the first sex club opened in Helsinki, Finland. By 1996, there were 13. ("Trafficking of Women to the European Union: Characterisitics, Trends and Policy Issues," European Conference on Trafficking in Women, (June 1996), IOM, 7 May 1996)


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Coalition Against Trafficking in Women
Factbook on Global Sexual Exploitation
Donna M. Hughes, Laura Joy Sporcic and Nadine Z. Mendelsohn