Charity helps suspected trafficking victims

A charity working with women in the sex trade has said it has helped 94 suspected of being trafficked.

Ruhama said it had supported 301 women from 43 countries in 2015 and reiterated its call for new vice laws which decriminalise prostitutes and criminalise the buyer.

Chief executive Sarah Benson said: “When we look at prostitution and sex trafficking it is critical that we become more alert to the gendered dimension of migration and the risks to women and girls.