TY - JOUR AB - Human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation is a widespread problem globally. Many of those affected see few escape opportunities, despite national and international measures. The question then arises as to how support systems can better meet the needs of the women concerned. The German-Austrian research project "Prevention and intervention of sex trafficking" ("PRIMSA") has made an up-to-date survey in order to develop a multidisciplinary prevention and intervention concept. The project is funded on the German side by the funding programme "Research for civil security II" of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and financed on the Austrian side within the security research funding programme KIRAS of the Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT). This article gives an insight into the project's two lines of research, a file analysis of the court records on the subject in Austria and the results of 30 interviews with affected women. Both substantive and research methodological conclusions can be drawn from the results. From a research methodological point of view, it becomes clear that different approaches enable very different results and that interdisciplinary and comprehensive projects are more suitable for researching this project. In terms of content, it becomes clear how much acute intervention in the field of trafficking in women depends on the appropriate trauma and relationship competence of the specialists employed. The two results are correlated with the current state of the literature. AU - Huber, Edith AU - Gahleitner, Silke Birgitta AU - Gerlich, Katharina AU - Hinterwallner, Heidemarie AU - Hötzendorfer, Walter DO - 10.7396/IE_2018_G ET - 9/2018 KW - human trafficking Austria PRIMSA Prevention and intervention of sex trafficking KIRAS LA - eng M1 - International Edition PY - 2018 SN - 1813-3495 SP - 66-74 ST - The Way to a Better Life? Human trafficking in Austria – a bilateral research project T2 - SIAK-Journal − Journal for Police Science and Practice TI - The Way to a Better Life? Human trafficking in Austria – a bilateral research project UR - http://www.bmi.gv.at/104/Wissenschaft_und_Forschung/SIAK-Journal/internationalEdition/files/Huber_IE_2018.pdf VL - 8 ID - 637 ER -