The return of slave-branding: Modern-day sex traffickers are
bringing back vile practice as girls are forced to get a tattoo
of their pimp's name or insignia to mark them out as his 'property'.
Almost all sex traffickers in America now brand their slaves
with tattoos
Crowns, bags of money and pimps' initials are common, police
say. Some of the women are even branded with a unique bar code to
show who 'owns' them . More photos after cut.
Beyond the physical abuse and emotional torment, this permanent scar acts as a
daily reminder for hundreds of thousands of women of violence, fear and
oppression at the hands of tyrannical pimps.
The sickening ritual - which echoes the branding of cattle, of Roman slaves and
of Auschwitz prisoners - has given rise to Survivor's Ink, an organization
fundraising to help escaped sex-trafficking victims remove or cover up the
tattoos.
This is quite disturbing.
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Beyond the physical abuse and emotional torment, this permanent scar acts as a daily reminder for hundreds of thousands of women of violence, fear and oppression at the hands of tyrannical pimps.
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