It started with my youngest boy having allergies and asthma. He started with this illness at six months old. It was thought that he could die, so I needed money for his treatments.

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A man gave me money for the treatment (over some years) because my family wasn't wealthy. Then he came to me and said he wanted the money returned. I said I could only pay it back bit by bit as I wasn't working. He was not happy with this repayment plan because he said it was hard for him.

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He offered me a job to pay it back. When I asked what was the job he said stealing or prostitution. I said I have never stolen before and I am not good at this. It is not possible to be a prostitute either. The man said there is no other choice: Its stealing or prostitution. He took me to a woman in my country to teach me how to steal but she said I wasn't very good because I said I did not like doing it. The woman said to the man that she doesn't like to work with me because I do not do anything she says to me.

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This is when I discovered that the man controlled girls for stealing, prostitution and drugs. He had lots of girls and he moved them around to many countries. He was part of a much larger gang.

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He beat me up and I was in hospital with injuries for perhaps two days. He made it clear that this what would happen to me and my family if I did not do what he told me.

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He then said I was to come to Northern Ireland and he bought me a ticket from my country to Dublin. I was met in Dublin Airport by a girl I knew from home. We then travelled to Belfast together by bus. I was in Belfast staying in a hostel for about three weeks, having to steal every day. For this three weeks the other girl was showing me around Belfast as I did not speak the language. This girl bought everything and took charge of everything. At this time I was so scared as I didn't know what the man was doing to my children as he said he would hurt them.