THE subject of trafficking in women has been studied from a number of perspectives by psychologists, social workers, journalists and lawyers.
The Animus association has collected a number of expert papers on the issue which have been published in a brochure "Trafficking in Women: Questions and Answers." The publication also contains an account written by a client of Animus who is a survivor of trafficking:
"I had had a boyfriend for two years. His name was Sunay or Mustafa according to his passport. In the middle of August he told me that I was going to work in Bourgas as a shop assistant. He introduced me to two of his friends - Rashid and Zdravko - we left for Bourgas. When we reached Bourgas, I was told I was going to work as a prostitute. As I did not agree, they drove me to Varna and sold me to Vasve who took me by bus to Romania, from there to Hungary and after that we continued via Slovakia to the Czech Republic and then Poland. On the road to Chestahova the drivers raped me. The next day I surrendered to the police and they arrested me and they sealed my passport and let me go. I stayed in the house where I lived for three days and moved to the town of Opole and stayed there for one week; then I escaped and went to Krakow and for five months lived in the a house of a 70-year-old man and after that I went to Romania by train but they stopped me at the border with Slovakia because my passport was not valid and then took me to the Bulgarian Embassy in Warsaw. There I was given a pass-avant and I went by bus to Sofia where people from Animus were waiting for me."