The "merchandise", a Lithuanian girl in her 20s, stands to the left, helplessly watching the deal. She is a prisoner, guarded by another thug just out of the picture.
December 7, 2009 - She would have been expected to earn her new owner £100,000 a year by having sex up to 25 times a day in a brothel.
But she was lucky. Cops swooped to free her - and a gang of Albanian people traffickers were all jailed for a total of 63 years.
Many other girls are not so fortunate. The Home Office estimated that in 2003, 4,000 women were trafficked into the UK for prostitution.
Some came willingly, but others were tricked here with the promise of jobs, then held captive and forced to work as sex slaves.
Worryingly, senior officers fear the numbers of East Europeans being trafficked is growing steeply as London prepares to host the Olympic Games in 2012.
Police released the photo on this page for the first time to raise awareness of the evil trade. Detective Chief Superintendent Richard Martin, of the Metropolitan Police Clubs and Vice Unit, said: "The man to the left in the picture has £3,000 in cash in his hand, with which he is buying a human being.
But she was lucky. Cops swooped to free her - and a gang of Albanian people traffickers were all jailed for a total of 63 years.
Many other girls are not so fortunate. The Home Office estimated that in 2003, 4,000 women were trafficked into the UK for prostitution.
Some came willingly, but others were tricked here with the promise of jobs, then held captive and forced to work as sex slaves.
Worryingly, senior officers fear the numbers of East Europeans being trafficked is growing steeply as London prepares to host the Olympic Games in 2012.
Police released the photo on this page for the first time to raise awareness of the evil trade. Detective Chief Superintendent Richard Martin, of the Metropolitan Police Clubs and Vice Unit, said: "The man to the left in the picture has £3,000 in cash in his hand, with which he is buying a human being.
"She is just a commodity to them. She is an item for selling sex ...
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