Some of the prostitutes in the UK are enslaved. How to put a stop to that?

This article avoids the frequent prudish assumptions. It notes the existence of enslavement in the field of sex work but does not jump irrationally to the conclusion that all prostitution must be stamped out. So it confronts us with the challenge that really exists: to put an end to enslavement of sex workers.

The general long-term solution, I believe, is to make sure nobody is desperate enough to need to take a job offer that is too good to be true. But that is an enormous global challenge.

Treating this like kidnaping or wage theft in any other field, assuring women who might become prostitutes that they won't be penalized for that but that registering could enable them to be rescued, might help. Legalizing brothels provided they have registered the owners and managers, and frequently inspecting the operations of each one, might make it easier to find them, if the penalty for running an unregistered brothel is years in prison.