Human trafficking and Brothels

Recently there have been several stories reported that have once again highlighted the fact that slavery does still exist in our societies today.

The first was the use of trafficked children to work on an illegal cannabis farm in the UK. 

Then there was the report that 1 in 10 prostitutes in the UK's brothels are migrant victims of human trafficking who mainly come from Asia (according to a report from the Association of Chief Police Officers). [it should be noted that this report doesn't list the victims of trafficking who come from the UK.]

It has been interesting to see that there have been a couple of responses to these with some saying that if these were legalised then it would reduce the amount of trafficking involved (and even possibly eliminate it completely) and then others saying that actually the only correct response is to come down even harder. With regard to the last case I have heard someone argue that the only way to stop human trafficking in the sex industry is to ban all pornography which leads people to prostitutes. 

I'm sure many people will argue one way or the other as to what is the best way to deal with trafficking. However one thing that is certain a key step is to raise peoples awareness of trafficking so that they can identify people who have been trafficked and assist them to escape trafficking.