Slave Trade Abolished 200 Years Ago, Sex Slave Trade Still Going Strong
It has been 200 years since William Wilberforce was instrumental in abolishing the slave trade in the UK, and now Detective Sergeant, Jon Gross, has taken it upon himself to ‘uncover and disrupt’ the sex slave industry, including the role of Gatwick Airport in the cross-border trade. He is well aware that victims of sexual exploitation are one of the most difficult groups to identify because they will verbally say that they are ok, due to their fear of their abductors. Gross is training officers to look for particular signs when searching premises. “Does it look like the girls are potentially being locked in at night and held against their will? What are the amenities they’ve got there? All these types of things would raise the alarm.” He said. The Gatwick connection reveals such details as 2 young Lithuanian women were sold for 3.000 pounds each during a ’sex slave auction’ at a coffee house.
