4,000 women trafficked into United Kingdom

Posted on May 2, 2008
Filed Under Europe, humans |

As of 2003, an estimated 4,000 women are believed to have been trafficked into the United Kingdom to work in the prostitution industry.

Source:  “2012 Games sex trafficking fears,” BBC News, March 23, 2007.

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