Anna’s trafficker kept her in submission through physical abuse – beating her, raping her, and slicing her with knives. He abducted her from Albania and took her to a Western European country, where she was forced into prostitution for about five months. He then took her to a second Western European country, where she told border authorities she was traveling on a falsified passport in hopes of getting help.The police sent her to a refugee camp where two Albanian social workers re- leased her back to her trafficker. During more than four years of subsequent forced prostitution in the second destination,Anna was made to undergo four abortions. When her trafficker was deported to Albania, five years after her initial abduction,Anna went to police with information about the trafficking ring.Two days later, she too was deported to Albania, where the trafficker continued his threats and abuse. Anna pursued prosecution of her trafficker in Albania, but he remains free. She has been denied residency and assistance from several Western European countries, including the ones in which she was exploited. She was able to resettle in the United States where she is continuing her rehabilitation and studying to become a nurse.
from the Trafficking in Persons Report, June 2010
Department of State, United States of America
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