New laws criminalising purchase of sex will cut trafficking and sexual exploitation - report

Ireland’s new laws criminalising the purchase of sex will work in cutting trafficking and sexual exploitation according to a new report - but those behind the research said it could also be improved by the imposition of “on-the-spot” fines.

A comparative report entitled ‘Disrupt Demand’, published by the Immigrant Council of Ireland, looked at the laws in six EU member states including Ireland.