VERONICA SYWAK INTERVIEWED BY 3 NEWS NEW ZEALAND...

Full interview with The Jammed actress, Veronica Sywak

The Jammed is a hard-hitting film about sex slavery in Australia. It is a work of fiction, but it tells the very real story of foreign women forced against their will into Australia's sex industry.

Kate Rodger caught up with Veronica Sywack who acts in the film.
Watch the full interview:http://www.3news.co.nz/Home/Video/NZCityVideo/tabid/361/Default.aspx?articleID=65607

THE JAMMED MENTIONED IN THE ECONOMIST...

People-trafficking and people-smuggling
Drawing lines in a dark place

Aug 14th 2008
From The Economist print edition

Coercing hapless human beings into sex or servitude is obviously evil, but defining the problem (let alone solving it) is very hard.


excerpt:
"Despite the grey area, public perception of the two problems often diverges. In Australia, for example, public opinion favours a tough line over people-smuggling—but there has been a surge of sympathy for the victims of trafficking (often brought to Australia from Thailand or Indochina) since the release last year of “The Jammed”, a film set in a Melbourne brothel"


To read the full article:http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11921830