Women for sale in the Gatwick (England) slave auctions

This is London ^ | March 7, 2007

[Darnright]

And how quick are these people to look down their noses at southern states in the US, tut-tutting that close to 150 years ago they had slaves?

Hey, Europe! We did something to eliminate slavery. How's about joining us?

[dfwgator]

By whom?

By the Methodists, of course.

[FastCoyote]

This is pretty incredible.

[art_rocks]

I wouldn't be so quick to assume that it isn't also happening here among the illegal immigrants.

[quack]

Oh,it is,BIGTIME.

http://www.waff.com/Global/story.asp?S=6156422

[Rakkasan1]

I wouldn't be so quick to assume that it isn't also happening here among the illegal immigrants.

It is.

[Rakkasan1]

I wouldn't be so quick to assume that it isn't also happening here among the illegal immigrants.

It is.

[Ditto]

Probably by those with the "best" record of selling people into slavery - Muslims of Arab ancestry.

My first guess would be Muslims of Albanian ancestry, but there are a number of other possibilities including Russians, Bulgarians, Jamaicans or West Africans who work the sex trade as well.

Either way, I believe the penalties for slave traders from 200 years ago are still very appropriate today --- death -- and it should be enforced.

[Vaduz]

No photos or names of pimps / so much for full report,Remember it's what the media does not repory that counts.

[FormerACLUmember]

I always get on the airport line behind the sweating 300 pound old man.

[Cecily]

England needs another crusader for human rights like William Wilberforce to rise up and fight against human trafficking of any kind in the UK.

[Lorianne]

Just who are the customers?

This is the question. Without the demand, this problem will never go away.

[keats5]

"The 11-strong unit will be based in the capital and will seek to smash the gangs who force immigrants into brothels and sweatshops."

Wow. Eleven. That should end the slavery trade. /s

[AIM-54]

I agree that Islam has a huge problem.

I've always had a problem with the trafficking coming out of Russia and Eastern Europe since the Soviet Union imploded. This problem has been unadequately addressed, so I'm inclined resist shifting the spotlight off the European problem.

You are ultimately correct, but Islam is a 'bridge too far' for me at this point.

[keats5]

Sometimes I wonder about some of these Chinese restaurants here at home. They seem to teem with pretty young girls that never smile and can hardly speak English.

[Elsie]

We're importing illegals from Mexico for the very same reasons.

They are just doing the work Americans won't do!

[Albion Wilde]

"Probably by those with the "best" record of selling people into slavery - Muslims of Arab ancestry." That may well be true, but it's irrelevant to this problem.

Why do you say that? It is an important identifier of whom to look for and what suspects to question. Political correctness costs some women their lives if the Left continues to insist that the police suspect little old WASP grannies from East Wappingshire instead of looking at the real suspects.

[PzLdr]

"Women are like elephants. I like to look at them, but I wouldn't want to own one" - W.C Fields

[hinckley buzzard]

This cannot be true. Everyone knows prostitution is a victimless crime. Obviously a simple misunderstanding between the business sector and the enforcement people.

[colorado tanker]

There are some Albanian gangs involved, but this really isn't a "muslim problem." The worst offenders are the mafia in the FSU who traffic attractive Eastern European girls who have a huge wage gap with Western women, so they jump at the chance when they're told the creeps can arrange a legitimate job for them.