Since the fall of the Berlin wall, thousands of women, who were professionals—occupational therapists, medical secretaries and in all kinds of other occupations—live in poverty with an average of $30 a month in order to survive, not in a warm country, but in Bulgaria and in Eastern Europe. It's impossible for them to make ends meet, so they can't refuse an offer they get to come to America or to go to Europe. They're thus caught in all kinds of traps that lead to prostitution.
On October 26th, 2006. See this statement in context.