Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 6 February 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Review of Legislation on Prostitution: Discussion (Resumed)

2:55 pm

Mr. Paul Maguire:

From our research, we noted forced movement of people. The first image that pops into people's mind when one mentions trafficking is the 40 ft. container in Rosslare Harbour with a load of individuals hidden in it. In the programme, we tried to show there needs to be a different definition of “trafficking” in the case of prostitution. There was forced movement of women from location to location with them having little control over it. We would suggest that is a form of trafficking.