Bratislava, July 24, 2023 – “I have lived and worked all my life in a small town in western Ukraine,” says Nastya, 51. “However, when the war started last year, I began to fear for my safety and decided to leave.”
After a quick search on the Internet, Nastya came across an online ad offering attractive hospitality jobs in Slovakia. Convinced, she called the number and a woman named Eva picked up. On the spot, she offers him to work as a cleaning lady in a hotel in western Slovakia for 800 euros per month.
Nastya agreed without much thought.
Shortly after arriving in Slovakia, Nastya found herself a victim of human trafficking and forced to work. With few options available to her, she turned to a refugee center for help. The center immediately referred her to an organization working with victims and survivors of human trafficking.
“Trafficking in persons is one of the most lucrative and fastest growing criminal enterprises in the world,” says Zuzana Čáčová, Protection Officer at the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Slovakia.
“The traffickers are there to meet the demand for cheap labour. For them, it is a trade like any other – the only difference here is that the goods traded are people”.
2023-07-24 00:26:24
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