Big difference between trafficking and prostitution. There are plenty of real crimes to prosecute up here; what this woman did is not one of them. Taking a consensual 'crime' (prostitution) and tagging it as a non-consensual crime (trafficking) is yet another wonderful way to lock up people who shouldn't be in the system in the first place. Apparently declaring your income to the IRS isn't extortive enough.

Further, a lot of recent research has shown that it's a wash in terms of historical abuse for sex workers. People who don't go into sex work are emotionally and physically abused, too. Tough to walk ten feet up here especially without encountering people with a history of physical/domestic/sexual/emotional abuse or substance issues. 'Many' sex workers have histories... many do not. This woman went above and beyond to filter out high risk workers; if anything she was more helpful than hurtful. Alas, thanks to big government and misguided legislation, she is punished regardless.