Odessa a trafficking hub

It is being reported that the Ukrainian City of Odessa is becoming a major hub city for women being trafficked into forced prostitution and men being trafficked into forced labour. The Economist magazine has reported that there is a constant flow of women from countries such as Moldova, Romania and the province of Transdniestria. Many of the women have been promised good jobs in countries such as Turkey, but they end up in sexual exploitation. One woman claimed that she had been sold into prostitution in Istanbul and then sold to a pimp in another town, where she had been forced to have sex, and given only enough money for food. The police had rescued her and she was now on her way home through Odessa. Often women are simply deported by the Turkish authorities.
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