Many consider prostitution the same as sexual exploitation. In Iceland it is legal to sell prostitution but it is illegal for someone else to benefit from selling access to a person’s body.

When another person benefits from your work it is exploitation or human trafficking. A person has the right to control her decisions. If someone threatens you or your family with violence if you don't do something, that is mental abuse. 

It is possible to break out of the vicious circle by seeking help at 112. Professionally trained agents can talk you through the process, step by step, without risking your safety. 

Webchat 112 will get you in touch with a neutral emergency ward, to inform you what you can do.

Sexual exploitation is when a person benefits from selling access to another person's body. 

Bjarkarhlíð is a center for people who have been victims of trafficking. There you get all the support and counseling you need in one place. All assistance is on your terms.

Miriam was captivated and forced into prostitution in her home country. Next thing she knows, her hair has been cut and colored and ...

Miriam was captivated and forced into prostitution in her home country. Next thing she knows, her hair has been cut and colored and she is sent on a plane to Iceland with a forged ID. There she has to continue working as a prostitute.

Miriam does not have the courage to object to the people exploiting her because they threaten to hurt her family back home if she does not do what they say. Miriam has no money nor friends to go to and she trusts no one. She does not know where she will be sent next time or how to get out of this vicious circle. 

Miriam

Is this abuse?