Turning a blind eye

well said

There was a review of an 18yo girl whose profile name was "Nicky Atherton 18", I believe in the Midlands. The profile has since been deactivated. The reviewer on here suspected that the girl was trafficked but turned a blind eye, did his business and left, by his account.

This thread has since been deleted from the forum, likely because he was called out for NOT doing the morally correct thing, which is to report his suspicions to local law enforcement, which can be done anonymously.

I wanted to speak out and make it clear: from my perspective and I hope others feel the same:

if you think or suspect something like trafficking is going, it's your moral obligation to report it to the police. you can do it anonymously via crimestoppers. don't be a cunt by ignoring it, do the right fucking thing and report it.

The fact that he raised the point in his review about being brought over and not unwilling suggests there was something he was not comfortable with. Otherwise he would just review it as is.

You can go into the legal technicalities for one upmanship, but there is an inkling of something that wasn't right, then there are steps a person should take to report it.

We may never know if there has been legitimate human trafficking in that situation. But if there was, those who use their service are only adding to and are part of the problem.

[quote=Deep]The fact that he raised the point in his review about being brought over and not unwilling suggests there was something he was not comfortable with. Otherwise he would just review it as is.

You can go into the legal technicalities for one upmanship, but there is an inkling of something that wasn't right, then there are steps a person should take to report it.

We may never know if there has been legitimate human trafficking in that situation. But if there was, those who use their service are only adding to and are part of the problem.[/quote]

Agreed, If you suspect there is something like that going on you should report it.

It's difficult to determine if a girl is trafficked, though. However we should definitely try and report suspected trafficked girls - the police are willing to follow-up serious allegations.

[quote=SteelyDan]There was a review of an 18yo girl whose profile name was "Nicky Atherton 18", I believe in the Midlands. The profile has since been deactivated. The reviewer on here suspected that the girl was trafficked but turned a blind eye, did his business and left, by his account.

This thread has since been deleted from the forum, likely because he was called out for NOT doing the morally correct thing, which is to report his suspicions to local law enforcement, which can be done anonymously.

I wanted to speak out and make it clear: from my perspective and I hope others feel the same:

if you think or suspect something like trafficking is going, it's your moral obligation to report it to the police. you can do it anonymously via crimestoppers. don't be a cunt by ignoring it, do the right fucking thing and report it.[/quote]

Did you consider explaining how one is supposed to know if this is the situation so that we could be better educated about this issue?

It appeared he meant trafficked as in brought here by someone, not in the sense of being forced. Most Rom girls in legal terms are trafficked...someone has facilitated their travel to work in a brothel. He clearly said in his post that he didn't think she was unwilling...just that due to her complete lack of English that someone had brought her over and was helping her.

Legally speaking any agency or person that provides an illegal or legal means of entry to the UK plus accomodation for a girl for the purpose of sexwork is guilty of both trafficking and pimping. If the girl is unaware or unwilling that she will be prostituted then they are also guilty of modern day slavery.