Quote Originally Posted by anon163 View Post
I'd love to know who there sources are and on what research they are basing there figures on??
This and the Irish Times story are based on a press release from the Immigrant council of Ireland: The Immigrant Council of Ireland - information on immigrants' rights in the areas of immigration law, employment, accommodation, social welfare, health care, education, and equality legislation.
The press release links to a 206 page study, which you can read if you have a lot of time on your hands. The study was funded by the Religious Sisters of Charity, which may explain some of their point of view.

The numbers quoted, 100 women trafficked in two years and a 180 million euro sex industry in Ireland, sound fairly plausible, unlike the wildly inflated numbers which regularly appear in the British press.