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Running away into Prostitution

The horrendous journey of survivors of human trafficking often spans vast distances, crossing borders and cultures, as they seek freedom from their captors. This story recounts the long and painful journey of a young woman named Maria, who was trafficked from her home country in Eastern Europe to a distant city in Western Europe, where she ultimately found rescue.

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99% of victims trafficked for sexual exploitation are women and girls. (IBLA, 2019)

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small key iconTraffickers use threats, lies, violence, debt bondage, and coercion to force victims to engage in commercial sex acts against their will. Young girls who live on the streets, or whose families are extremely poor are particularly vulnerable to this kind of trafficking.

Trafficker tricks

Job Recruiter Trick
small key iconOften traffickers will come to a village claiming to be recruiting employees for a large business or corporation. They promise job training, excellent salaries, and the ability to move into higher positions over time. The young women they lure – generally with their parents’ consent or coercion – leave the village with these traffickers and find that once they are in a big city they are sold to a brothel, or otherwise forced to engage in commercial sex work. If they resist, they risk being beaten, raped, or killed. Alone and in an unfamiliar place, there is nothing they can do.

The Marriage Dowry Trick

small key iconA young man will visit a village saying he is looking for a wife and that he is willing to accept a girl without a marriage dowry. The thought of getting a daughter married without having to pay the typically exorbitant dowry is too tempting for impoverished families. The girl is given to the man thinking she will be married and taken care of, but instead she is whisked away and forced into the sex trade.