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What happened
A woman approached parents in Africa and told them she would find their daughters a home and a better life in London. She single-handedly escorted the six of them on a flight from Africa to the UK. On arrival in the UK, she loaded them into a waiting van and dropped them off at various locations around the city. The new guardians who received them paid the trafficker some money. One of the victims worked as a household servant to a married couple with a young son. Her duties ran about 12 hours a day, but she was sometimes wakened after hours to do more chores. If she didn’t hear her master’s call, the woman of the household would pour cold water on her face while she was sleeping. She was verbally abused and beaten for very slight offenses, and sent to clean the homes of friends. Her identification papers were confiscated.
Response and intervention
In the end, the guardian turned one of the victims in to the police. One of the victims tried to escape, but found her lack of identification papers a problem. In the end, the guardian turned her in to the police. Yes, but many lacks in the system are admitted. Sometimes children are even abducted by traffickers from the rescue homes, and other times are abused while they are in the system. More information: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/revealed-hidden-misery-of-children-trafficked-to-britain-1813634.html