My literature review included Internet researches as well as library (primary databases and journals) searches. These mediums were significant for up to date information. While trafficking of persons has a long history, Australia is still defining laws and policies and financial aid to address abuse of people's rights. There were many articles accessible on trafficked persons and the trafficking of women and children for the sex trade industry. As I further defined my research area to ways of counseling these women in a manner that would not cause any further harm, I found that there was limited data on delivering best practice.
The literature suggests that Australia is a targeted destination for arrival of traffic victims from East Asia, South East Asia, China, Korea and Thailand (Tailby R 2001, Roby 2004). Many of these women have voluntarily migrated to Australia with the promise of work in the hospitality industry or on student visas (Drevitch and Foster 2008 and Australian Institute of Criminology 2012). The trafficked persons, mostly women, are later coerced into exploitive situations (Human trafficking.org 2009, Burn 2006 and Von Struensee 2000). In 2003 the Australian Federal Government announced it would implement a Government package that was to address crimes committed against humanity, in particular human trafficking (Burn 2006, Drevitch and Foster 2008). In 2012 the Gillard Government released a statement stating Australia would fund, a fifty million dollars program, targeting trafficking of persons from "Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam" (Prime Minister 2012). The crimes listed by the Federal Government are slavery, sexual servitude and deceptive, recruiting, trafficking in persons and debt bondage. .
Human trafficking.org (2009) and Michelmore (2005) cited that there were four reasons that provide fuel and demand for trafficked women in Australia.