[1][2] Prostitution occurs mainly in the capital, Honiara,[3] and around logging camps in Makira, Malaita and Isabel islands.
[9] In 2014, fishermen, who were paid to transport girls to foreign fishing vessels outside the harbour of Honiara, described the Central Market as one of "the most evident or well-known pickup spots" for prostitution.
[11] He alleged the peacekeeping force were smuggling local women into their base at the former Guadalcanal Beach Resort and using them as prostitutes.
Girls and young women are recruited to travel to logging camps for domestic work and some are subsequently exploited in prostitution.
Some parents receive payments for sending young women and girls into forced marriages with foreign workers at logging and mining companies; many of them are exploited in prostitution.