A SEEDY world of paid for sex with women from around the world is just a few clicks away on the internet - and there is very little the law can do about it.

An investigation by the Bury and Radcliffe Times has found almost 70 people on one adult website alone selling sexual services in the towns for as little as £15.

Many of the women are from Eastern Europe, like Monika Stibla, who was found dead in a Bolton alleyway five days after flying to the UK to work as a prostitute in towns such as ours.

Her death prompted our investigation into the sex trade and we found a several websites, like the one used by Miss Stibla, presenting a menu of women and men offering any services their customers want in exchange for money.

Ranging from young women to men in their 50s, a total of 64 sex workers use the site, which we have chosen not to name, to ply their trade.

Many of them say they have full or part-time jobs and families and ask only to be contacted at certain times or on certain days. Some users of the site say it has made things safer for them because they have more choice over who they meet with and what they offer.

Another major issue that has been tied to the sex work industry is human trafficking. In the inquest into Miss Stibla’s death, the coroner insisted she had not been the victim of trafficking and had made the journey to Bolton by herself.

However, authorities say a large number of people offering sexual services, particularly those from Eastern Europe, have been brought over by gangs and are exploited in ‘pop-up brothels’, often set up inside residential homes.

Earlier this year, the government completed an inquiry into these brothels, which pointed to extreme poverty faced by some people around the world that leads to them falling into human trafficking networks.

Then, once victims are behind closed doors, their options become increasingly limited.