A recent episode on the BBC Radio 4 programme ‘File On Four’ dealt with the case of a young British girl who had been drawn into the sexual slavery industry in the United Kingdom. Her story was a typical one of a young British teenager who had started to bunk off school and then spent her days in online chat rooms where she was groomed by and unscrupulous slaver very much older than herself.
He gave her the impression that he was passionately in love with her, and they arranged to meet. That meeting changed her life. She was drugged, raped and given £25 then sent away. Before she went home he said to her ’You’re mine now. I own you. Tell anyone and you’re in trouble.’ She was terrified and from that moment on was in bondage to the slave trader. Very soon she was being repeatedly gang raped by the men in his group and has calculated that over the next few years she had been raped by more than a thousand men up and down the length of the UK.
This sort of slavery does not depend on bars and ropes but is kept in place by sheer terror. Neither were these idle threats. When she inevitably became pregnant the same gang kicked and beat her until she had a miscarriage knowing that once she had got into the National Health maternity network then they would lose her.
All slavery is terrifying but sexual slavery is perhaps the most terrifying of all. To get an idea of what might be going through the mind of one such slave, please read the novel ‘The Garden of Sparkling Delight,’ by Deborah Varen, available from Amazon in paperback and on the Kindle e-reader.
All profits from this book go to waging war on sexual slavery. Please recommend the book to your friends. This will help raise awareness of this dreadful and growing problem in the UK and round the world.
To listen for FREE to the whole story and find out what happens to one of these trapped people, the main character 'Tis' her family and friends you can use this link to The Podcast or go to the links at the top of this WEB page and select 'Tis The Podcast'. There you can listen to the 21 half hours episodes on-line or download for later listening and sharing. This story will enable you to walk in the shoes of the sexual slave.
For up to date information from those working to end this trade and support victims contact:-
ECPAT www.ecpat.org.uk [End Child Pornography and Trafficking] is active in the UK and several other countries. It specialises is lobbying, campaigning and supporting rescued slaves.
The A21 Campaign www.thea21campaign.org - this is a global NGO that fights to abolish injustice in the 21st century. Its focus is on those affected by human trafficking and it runs prevention and protection schemes throughout Europe, Australia and USA.
The Salvation Army www.salvationarmy.org.uk/modern-slavery/am-i-safe-now
Stop the Traffik www.stopthetraffik.org - A global movement of individuals communities and organizations fighting to prevent human trafficking around the world.
Meninadanca www.meninadanca.org - This society fights child prostitution along the remote arterial highways of Brazil. They also provide a place of safety where rescued girls can go and be rehabilitated.
Plenty here to show your support and some of these charities need practical helpers.
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