What do you mean by the sex industry?

The sex industry includes prostitution, pornography and other commercial sex-based activities such as lap-dancing, often – but not solely – associated with the ‘night time economy’. Trafficking into and within the UK is internationally recognised to be linked to prostitution; facilitating the movement of women for prostitution within (as well as across) borders constitutes trafficking. State agencies have a responsibility to tackle the demand for prostitution (UN Optional Protocol on Trafficking in Human Beings).