1. The most powerful traffickers
The final story to end our disturbing list of 10 real life human trafficking examples and stories took place in Belgium and is told by Anneke Lucas. It is hard to name all the reasons why her confession can make you feel disgusted. Perhaps it’s the fact that her mother started trafficking her at the age of 6 in 1969, or that she was forced to eat human feces at orgies. Or maybe the part that her pedophile customers were the very creme de la creme of European politics, and even belonged to royalty. The people who abused her were real household names. They were perfectly able to take human lives without any consequences (as she saw herself when they faced her with a murdered body when she once rebelled), and they literally ruled the world. Like all the other victims, she used to wonder who on earth would believe her. After all, a Belgian cabinet minister was the head of the pedophile network.
Anneke was set free in when she was 11, as her life was spared in the last second after a session of extensive torture. She was told to remain silent or they would finish the job. And for 40 years, she struggled with her demons in silence. Today, the whole world knows her story. The culprits were found, but not all of them were punished. Sometimes, justice indeed is blind.
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