The Lives They Live Now
Victoria Morrison, 26 year old
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Both Brittany and Victoria are now living happily far away from their traffickers with no more connections to them.
Brittany is now in Shreveport, Louisiana, where she works in a safe house as a house mom for women coming out of prostitution and trafficking. She works with women in the final stages of the Purchased recovery program, which is the stage where a woman is ready to go back to society.
Victoria is living happily with her family, being with her friends, having freedom, being able to eat whenever she wants; and going out whenever she wants. Victoria now is sharing her story to help her deal with her post-traumatic stress, but also to help others.
A Global Issue
Human Trafficking is a worldwide problem and so some areas are more susceptible to human trafficking.
According to USC (University of Southern California) Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, “Russia, China, and Sudan are always listed among the countries with the highest trafficking rates.”
On the report of Annalisa Enrile who works at USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work as a clinical associate professor, “Sex trafficking is rampant in Southeast Asia—especially in the Philippines, Thailand, and Cambodia—while child trafficking occurs more frequently in India and Pakistan and labor trafficking is highest in the Middle East and South America.”
Work Cited HERE
Victoria Morrison was in her mid-twenties when she moved with her supposed boyfriend, 30-year-old, Andres Michael Pavao, to Winnipeg, where Andres placed Victoria in Winnipeg’s sex trade.
Between May and August of 2018, she was in a vicious cycle of being advertised for sex, then abused by Andres. At that time,
she wanted to commit suicide, and she thought that she was going to die in Winnipeg.
Andres would punish Victoria by beating her with extension cords, choking her until she was unconscious, burning her with an iron, and keeping her in a non-activated empty freezer, which would cause panic attacks.
After three months of captivity by Andres, she found a way to trick him by convincing a customer to take her to the police.
When Victoria arrived at the police station, the police saw that she had a broken hand and nose, kidney damage, and bruising and cuts all over her body.
In April of 2019, Andres was convicted and sentenced to eight years in prison. Victoria is happy about the laws that convict human trafficking since she knows it is a new law, and it is rare to get a conviction for it.
Call 1-888-373-7888 to get on the national human trafficking hotline if someone is suspected of being a victim of human Trafficking
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