Prostitutes suffer more behind closed doors

Indoor prostitution is just as dangerous as outdoor sex work and women operating behind closed doors suffer longer and more violent sex attacks and are under the control of organised crime gangs.

The details were heard at a conference on prostitution.

Ruhama, a frontline agency working in the area, said a record number of women accessed its services last year. It dealt with women of 32 nationalities, reflecting the dominance of migrant women in the indoor trade.