Children are trafficked within the country and abroad for commercial sexual exploitation. Only applicants with serious criminal convictions will be denied. The maximum penalty for trafficking in persons is life imprisonment. Sex workers also face the possibility of losing custody of their children and being evicted. Muñoz started living on her own for the first time. Upon their arrival, they were brought to brothels in the Austrian cities of Vienna, Graz and Salzburg, and their passports were confiscated, police said.