Trafficking misery

The grim fact that more than 30 women have been found working in enforced prostitution in Scotland is alarming evidence that the trafficking of human beings is increasing at a faster rate in Scotland than the rest of the UK. They were found in private saunas and in private flats used as brothels. That illustrates the main difficulty: the women are hidden away and kept as virtual prisoners, too frightened by brutal treatment and threats to their families at home to alert anyone to their plight.