Monday, January 30, 2006

EU lawmakers blow whistle on sex trade / Monsters & Critics, 29 Jan 2006

http://digbig.com/4gcpr
"As part of a strategy paper on human trafficking, European lawmakers drew attention to the appalling situation of young girls from the former communist bloc who are tricked into prostitution with a lurid cocktail of false job promises and threats of retaliation. Once the trafficker`s cover is blown and the young women realize that they are required to service up to 10 customers per day, it is often difficult to return to their homelands as they often have their passports confiscated and are subject to violent intimidation. "