“There were so many young girls in there. They were from Moldova, Romania, Ukraine and Bulgaria. Some were crying. Others looked terrified. We were told not to speak to each other…All the time, very mean and ugly men came in and dragged girls into rooms. Sometimes they would rape girls in front of us. They yelled at them, ordering them to move in certain ways…to pretend excitement… Those who resisted were beaten. If they did not cooperate, they were locked in dark cellars with no food and water for three days. One girl refused to submit to anal sex, and that night the owner brought in five men. They held her on the floor and every single one of them had anal sex with her in front of all of us. She screamed and screamed…”
The above quote is an excerpt from the book called The Natashas: The New Global Sex Trade written by Canadian journalist, Victor Malarek.
The United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime’s definition of human trafficking incorporates three components: Continue reading
