Slavery Fight To Stop Traffickers Steps Up

The Victims' Minister tells Sky News "the whole weight of the UK Government machine" is behind trying to stop human traffickers.

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The Government has told Sky News it is putting "the full weight of its machine" into fighting modern-day slavery.

The pledge came as Damien Green, Minister for Policing, Criminal Justice and Victims, became the first man ever to enter one safehouse for trafficked women in the south of England.

There, he heard the story of Rita, a Nigerian duped by a family friend into travelling to the UK with the promise of work and prospects. Instead she was forced to become a sex slave.

Rita, whose name we have changed to hide her identity, was forced to sleep with many men and women.

Rita says the man who made her a slave was a 'nightmare' in her life

She said: "When it happened it was like a dream to me. I was waiting for someone to wake me up. I couldn't understand what was happening. I ended up being raped by many men."

Rita was kept in place with threats.

"He told me if I tried to escape he would kill me and my entire family. I was very frightened. He was evil, horrible. It was a nightmare in my life," she said.

"It's a nightmare that the Government now recognise thousands are going through. And Damien Green plans to get tough, pledging to get the traffickers via any legal means he can.