 The research provides a snapshot of prostitution across London |
A major investigation has revealed that there are at least 730 licensed premises in the capital selling sex. The study also revealed that there are more than 8,000 women working as prostitutes in "off-street" venues.
Sex in the City: Mapping Commercial Sex across London is the result of a six-month investigation into off-street prostitution in the city.
The research was carried out by the Poppy Project, part of the London charity Eaves Housing.
The report's author Sandra Dickson said: "The off-street sex industry is largely ignored in most discussions of prostitution, yet the women working in it are also vulnerable to being exploited by violent and abusive pimps and traffickers.
"These places are on our local high streets, and they're not a bit of fun for the lads - they are places women are being controlled and hurt."
The investigation is the first research to provide a snapshot of off-street prostitution across all London boroughs.
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