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Published Date: 20 November 2008
By Tanya Thompson
LURED to the UK with the promise of a new life and sold into sex slavery – this is the reality for an estimated 6,000 foreign nationals who ply their trade as prostitutes in Scotland.
The full extent of their misery was laid bare last year when it emerged that, in Glasgow alone, women of almost 40 different nationalities are living under the constant threat of violence and rape by pimps who force them to prostitute themselves doz...



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  • Last Updated: 19 November 2008 8:41 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
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Colin Wilson,

20/11/2008 06:51:05
"Ruth Morgan Thomas, project manager for Scotpep, which offers support to sex workers in Edinburgh, is sceptical. She points out that, if a woman is living as a modern-day slave and forced into prostitution against her will, it is unlikely she will be able to escape her captors and report the crime to the police".

Possibly not, but the places where these activities go on are as evident to the police as they are to everyone else. The police should take the initiative and pay them a visit every so often, and anyone found there who says she's there against her will, should be immediately removed and given help.
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20/11/2008 09:50:51
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GmL,

Edinburgh 20/11/2008 11:45:30
"We must make it clear that prostitutes are scum ; the scrapings from the very bottom of the human gene pool."

Comments and opinions like that are indicative of the attitude that drives trafficking. Callous and indefensible.
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GmL,

Edinburgh 20/11/2008 12:07:48
On a more sensible note, I would be interested in hearing where the writer of the article gets her figure of 6,000 foreign nationals working in the industry in Scotland. Agencies who operate in the sector are of the opinion that the number of women in the industry IN TOTAL is, at maximum, 5,000.
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Joe Macdelta.,

20/11/2008 14:32:23
#2 utter rubbish, some are there after their sircumstances have changed for the worse, and see no alternative, lets hope that some day you dont find yourself in a similar situation.
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Miss H,

20/11/2008 17:07:15
4 Quite a lot of them in Govanhill.

I recognise all the arguments by Margo and the like, I don't agree with them but even if I did I would still support taking a really hard line on people who buy sex (it's not always men. It is simply not true to say that laws on prostitution won’t affect trafficking. Countries which have tough laws on purchasing sex have lower rates of trafficking – Sweden for example.


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GmL,

Edinburgh 20/11/2008 18:05:30
I can't agree with your comments on two counts.

1. why must we take a hard line on those who purchase sex, when the majority of situations are consensual commercial transactions between consenting adults?

2. the Swedish Government have yet to evaluate their laws. I believe they are about to do this, but any conclusions based on their system are no more than conjecture and anecdotal at this stage.

 

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