Human trafficking advocates, or rather anti human trafficking advocates often present themselves as people who know what they are talking about. Look at the nice map here http://womanstats.org/substatics/Trafficking%20of%20Women_2011tif_wmlogo3.png

In fact, they know little about the situation, little about what is being done about it, and almost nothing about what works to prevent human trafficking. It is refreshing to see one organisation write:

"However, estimating the numbers of people who are victims of trafficking is more complicated. There is a lack of reliable data about trafficking in persons, including the extent of the problem and the ways in which States have responded to it."

http://www.afppd.org/files/1113/8206/9530/Policy_Brief.pdf

Right they are. Even less is know about the connection between human trafficking and sex work. Conflating the two is intellectually dishonest at best.

Jamie