When another person benefits from your work it is exploitation or human trafficking. A person has the right to control her decisions. If someone threatens you or your family with violence if you don't do something, that is mental abuse. 

It is possible to break out of the vicious circle by seeking help at 112. Professionally trained agents can talk you through the process, step by step, without risking your safety. 

Webchat 112 will get you in touch with a neutral emergency ward, to inform you what you can do.

Sexual exploitation is when a person benefits from selling access to another person's body. 

Stop The Traffik: Iceland is an independent organisation working towards educating human trafficking victims and the public about the nature of human trafficking, symptoms, and resources.

Miriam was captivated and forced into prostitution in her home country. She is sent on a plane to Iceland with a forged ID after her hair was cut and colored...

Miriam was captivated and forced into prostitution in her home country. She is sent on a plane to Iceland with a forged ID after her hair was cut and colored. Miriam doesn't have the courage to object to the people exploiting her because they threaten to hurt her family back home if she doesn't do what they say. Miriam has no money and no friends to go to and she trusts no one. Therefore, Miriam has no other option but to continue working as a prostitute when she arrives in Iceland. She doesn't know where she'll be sent next time or how to get out of this vicious circle. 

Miriam

Is this abuse?