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| A British woman has spoken about the six years she spent as a teenage sex slave in Greece and Italy. | A British woman has spoken about the six years she spent as a teenage sex slave in Greece and Italy. |
| Now 25, Megan Stevens – not her real name – says she was forced into sex work by her boyfriend aged only 14. | Now 25, Megan Stevens – not her real name – says she was forced into sex work by her boyfriend aged only 14. |
| On one occasion, she said she was forced to have sex with 110 customers in just 22 hours and became so sick afterwards that her pimp closed the brothel. | On one occasion, she said she was forced to have sex with 110 customers in just 22 hours and became so sick afterwards that her pimp closed the brothel. |
| "I thought that was decent of him which shows just how distorted my sense of normality had become," she said. | "I thought that was decent of him which shows just how distorted my sense of normality had become," she said. |
| She said her troubles began while on holiday in Greece with her mother, when she met an Albanian man called Jak in a seaside bar. | She said her troubles began while on holiday in Greece with her mother, when she met an Albanian man called Jak in a seaside bar. |
| While her mother, who was struggling with alcoholism, began a relationship with the bar owner, 14-year-old Megan quickly moved in with Jak. | While her mother, who was struggling with alcoholism, began a relationship with the bar owner, 14-year-old Megan quickly moved in with Jak. |
| He persuaded her to join him in Athens and get jobs in cafes. On arrival, she was forced into sex work, according to the Guardian. | He persuaded her to join him in Athens and get jobs in cafes. On arrival, she was forced into sex work, according to the Guardian. |
| Before long she was handed over to other pimps and worked in brothels and on streets across Greece and Italy. | Before long she was handed over to other pimps and worked in brothels and on streets across Greece and Italy. |
| Speaking about one of the brothels she worked in, she said: "They [the men] were queuing up outside. There were 10 to 15 rooms in the same place and it's just... literally, you don't stop... | Speaking about one of the brothels she worked in, she said: "They [the men] were queuing up outside. There were 10 to 15 rooms in the same place and it's just... literally, you don't stop... |
| "If I did 40 to 50 people, that would be nothing." | "If I did 40 to 50 people, that would be nothing." |
| Throughout this period, she contracted syphilis six times while her captors forced her to write postcards to her mother detailing how happy she was. | Throughout this period, she contracted syphilis six times while her captors forced her to write postcards to her mother detailing how happy she was. |
| In her memoir, Bought & Sold, she wrote about her former controllers. | In her memoir, Bought & Sold, she wrote about her former controllers. |
| “These traffickers are really, really clever.I want people to understand it’s not as easy as getting up and leaving," she writes. | “These traffickers are really, really clever.I want people to understand it’s not as easy as getting up and leaving," she writes. |
| "I should have got up and gone, but I didn’t because of the mental power they had over me. It is really powerful. | "I should have got up and gone, but I didn’t because of the mental power they had over me. It is really powerful. |
| "It’s actually like they’ve taken over what identity you have and turned you into their property, a thing to be controlled. Robotic is the right word." | "It’s actually like they’ve taken over what identity you have and turned you into their property, a thing to be controlled. Robotic is the right word." |
| Now living back in the UK, she said she was hoping to set up a charity to help other victims of sex-trafficking. | Now living back in the UK, she said she was hoping to set up a charity to help other victims of sex-trafficking. |