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	A woman sex trafficked into Ireland at just 15 years of age has revealed her brutal experience about being forced to work in Dublin brothels.</p>
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	The young woman &ndash; identified only as Hannah &ndash; was brought from her native Moldova where she was sold to traffickers by her brother-in-law for &euro;3,000.</p>
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	Hannah, not her real name, revealed how she was sexually and physically abused for at least seven years after she was tricked into prostitution</p>
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	&ldquo;I had no one, I had just a mum that no one was afraid of, so she asked my brother-in-law if he knew someone I could get married to and he say, &lsquo;Oh yeah, I have a good friend who lives in Ireland&rsquo;,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;We met and he was like &lsquo;I have a good job there and I&#39;d like you to come with me&rsquo;.&rdquo;</p>
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	On her arrival in Ireland, Hannah was forced to work as a prostitute in brothels in Rathmines and Temple Bar.</p>
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	&ldquo;When I came here he [the man she thought she was to marry] was talking about the work and I was shocked and started crying and screaming,&rdquo; she said.</p>
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	&ldquo;I was 15 and it went on for six or seven years.</p>
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	&ldquo;The receptionist that was answering on the phone used to describe me as a 23-year-old Italian girl. It was very obvious I wasn&#39;t that age.&rdquo;</p>
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	&ldquo;I used to work from 12pm until 6am the next day. There was a guy that would come in and say, &lsquo;I want the youngest girl that you have here&rsquo; &ndash; and he was really old. To them that was fine. You would have up to 15 guys a day,&rdquo; Hannah added, who said she was once sent to an old people&rsquo;s home.</p>
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	Hannah eventually escaped and managed to confront her pimp. She now lives in Ireland with her daughter.</p>
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	Her story is being released as part of a project by the Immigrant Council of Ireland.</p>
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	The council and 67 other members of the Turn Off the Red Light Campaign will today stage a day of action and lobby politicians for laws targeting the buyers of prostitution.</p>
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	&ldquo;This recording makes for uncomfortable and disturbing listening.</p>
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	&ldquo;Yet, it is a reality which is happening in our communities which we cannot ignore,&rdquo; said Immigrant Council chief Denise Charlton.</p>
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	&ldquo;For the first time ever the public and our policy makers will hear the truth about sex-trafficking, and not the &#39;Pretty Woman&#39; fiction being peddled by vested interests in a &euro;250m trade.&rdquo;</p>
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	http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/relative-sold-girl-15-for-3k-to-dublin-city-brothel-29982172.html</p>
