All-island approach to prostitution is required

The targeting of communities in the South by those wishing to avoid Northern Ireland’s sex buyer laws (‘Online prostitution soaring here’, Irish Examiner, November 5) shows the urgent need for an all-island approach to tackling the exploitation, violence and organised crime which goes with this trade.

Political leadership is needed now to stop our communities being used as safe havens by those criminal gangs pocketing millions through violence, exploitation and abuse.

When senior gardaí testified before the Oireachtas Justice Committee two years ago they were clear about the links between Irish prostitution and criminal gangs both foreign and domestic.