Literature and movies on the subject of prostitution and trafficking:

A lot of literature and movies regarding trafficking and prostitution exist on the market.

As always one you will find different quality and different validity of the content in the many books written about the subject of prostitution and trafficking.

If you look carefully though, there will be a lot of relevant and valid knowledge in many books -e.g. in the 20 book titles shown below.

Some of the 5 movies mentioned below are actually quite realistic an often based on facts collected from the real world.

To make this site we have used a lot of information from the many books mentioned below. You can buy most of these books at www.amazon.com or even in your local book store.

We can recommend you to read some of the following titles on prostitution and trafficking:

(See the movie titles at the bottom of this page)

Pornography: driving the demand in international sex trafficking, David E. Quinn & others, Captive Daughters Media, 2007.

Selling Olga: stories of human trafficking & resistance, Louisa Waugh, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2006.

The Natashas: Inside the new global sex trade, Victor Malarek, Arcade Publishing, 2003.

Sex traffic: Prostitution, crime & exploitation, Paola Monzini, Zed Books Ltd., 2005.

Sex trafficking: the global market in women & children, Kathryn Farr, Worth Publishers, 2004.

Sex trafficking: inside the business of modern slavery, Siddharth Kara, Columbia University Press, 2009.

Trafficking and prostitution reconsidered, new perspectives on migration, sex work & human rights, Kamala Kempadoo, Paradigm Publishers, 2005.

Rethinking trafficking in women: politics out of security, Claudia Aradau, Palgrave Macmillian, 2008.

Prostitution & sex trafficking: Opposing viewpoints, Loise Gerdes, Book editor, Greenhaven Press, 2006

Hookers, Candid confessions of real call girls, Julian Davies, Milo Books, 2008

Dirty work, Julia Bell, Walker & Co., 2007

Sex for sale: Prostitution, pornography and the sex industry, Ronald Weitzer, Routledge, 2000.

Woman, child for sale: The new slave trade in the 21st. century, Gilbert King, Chamberlain Bros., 2004.

Prostitution and pornography: philosophical debate about the sex industry, Jessica Spector, Standford University Press, 2006.

The idea of prostitution, Sheila Jeffreys, Spiniflex Press Pty Ltd.1997

Sex work now, Rosie Campbell & others, Willan Publishing, 2006.

Sex work: a risky business, Teela Sanders, Willan Publishing, 2005.

Vanilla slim; an improbable pimp in the empire of lust, Bob Armstrong, Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2006.

Working sex: Sex workers write about a changing industry, Annie Oakley, Seal Press, 2007.

The X factor: Inside the American Hardcore film industry, Anthony Petkovich, Head Press, 1997.

Legal responses to trafficking in women for sexual exploitation in the European Union, Heli Askola, Hart Publishing, 2007.

Soiled doves: prostitution in the early west, Anne Seagraves, Wesanne Publications, 1994.

Movies with the theme of trafficking & prostitution:

Among the many movies on the subject of prostitution and trafficking, enlisted below are just a few but very relevant movie titles.

The majorities of these movies below is very realistic and seem very authentic.

Two of those movies mentioned below, though, are of course made "hollywood-like".

"Lilja 4-ever": the dream about a better life can become a nightmare, featuring Oksana Akinsjina, 105 min., 2002.

"Sex Traffic": featuring Wendy Crewson, Anna-maria MarinkaJohn Simm, 178 min., 2006.

"Human trafficking": every day young girls are bought and sold, featuring Mira Sorvino, Donald Sutherland and Robert Carlyle, 170 min., 2005.

"Matrioshki": they said we only had to dance, (3 discs) 450 min, 2006.

"Trade": when human trafficking hits home, featuring Kevin Kline, 120 min., 2008.