Campaigners against sex trafficking have warned that unless there is a crackdown on brothels in Britain sex trafficking will rise in the UK. The Poppy Project has urged police to prioritise brothels as an urgent target because they create an environment where trafficking can thrive. The call comes after a Romanian father and son, Bogdan and Marius Nejloveanu, were jailed recently for trafficking five young women to England. The son, Marius, was given 21 years for repeatedly raping and beating the women, the longest sentence for trafficking in the UK. The Poppy Project’s spokesman, Abigail Stepnitz, called on police to urgently target brothels masquerading as saunas, massage parlours and private flats. According to the Observer, almost 6,000 have been identified in England and Wales. There are 17,000 migrants working in UK brothels, according to a report completed by the Association of Chief Police Officers last year.

Pray: against the evil that seeks to make profit from this form of human slavery. (Ps.34:16)

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