There is very little that clearly defines someone trafficked into sex work in New Zealand beyond those basic characteristics. Thorburn's doctoral research into sex trafficking in New Zealand included interviews with victims and a survey of social workers and health practitioners. Thorburn described a sex traffic victim as "anyone who is being forced or coerced into doing sex work against their will." Their lives were marked by violence, no choices and no financial gain for the sex work they were forced to undertake. With sex trafficking immediately people are going to imagine someone chained to the bed and really, its more nuanced than that."

Source: Stuff August 02, 2018 19:52 UTC