This is Croydon today:
By Georgie Keate ge***********@******************co.uk
SLAVERY, rape, sexual exploitation. These may seem like threats facing women in a third-world country but they are very real danger in Croydon.
The borough has been revealed as the third worst place in London for hiding women, men and children who have been trafficked for use as sex slaves, domestic slaves or labourers.
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CYCLE OF DESPAIR: Croydon’s proximity to the UK Border Agency is cited as one of the reasons for the high instances of human trafficking in the borough
In Croydon, women bear the brunt of this illegal trade, perpetuated by trafficking rings who sell them for sex and strip them of their freedom through imprisonment and fear.
In the last ten years, the number of establishments trading in trafficked people is thought to have halved in Croydon – from around 120 to 60.
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