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ONLINE GAME: http://www.thesohogame.com/

FILM SITE: http://www.behind-the-smile.com/index.html

Anti-Trafficking Alliance launches online game and video to educate men about sex trafficking

Did you know that if you pay for sex with a woman, it’s now increasingly likely she’s been trafficked and you could be prosecuted?

Sex trafficking is a horrific form of modern-day slavery that traumatises victims and has devastating consequences:

“Once she’s here the first thing that will happen is she’ll get a smack in the face, passport will go, and then typically if you want to break someone you rape them, you rape them a lot. What happens to her when you go? How many more men? How many days? How many weeks? How many years? What happens to her at the end? Does anyone really want to have sex with someone who actually hates you? Who is actually being forced at the threat of serious violence to her or her family to do that? I can’t see anyone wanting to do that if the knew about it.”

Richard Bartman, Human Rights Lawyer

It is very difficult to assess the number of women who are trafficked into the country for sexual exploitation because of the hidden nature of this criminal trade, but the UK government estimates that there are currently at least 5000 trafficked women in the U.K.

The Anti-Trafficking Alliance believes that you can’t end sex trafficking without addressing the demand to exploit women through prostitution. It has produced an interactive, online game (www.thesohogame.com) and a short, 7 minute film, ‘Behind the Smile’ (www.behind-the-smile.com) to educate men about the risks to themselves and others of paying for sex.

The ATA is encouraging organisations that work with young men and the media to raise awareness about this issue by promoting these resources as widely as possible.

“If men stopped paying for sex, if they understood and stopped there would be no trafficking, there would be no demand for girls, there would be no money in it. “

Natalia, Russian survivor or trafficking 

Background Information

The Anti-Trafficking Alliance is a registered UK charity that was created in 2005. It works primarily in the UK to prevent, tackle and eliminate forced abduction and trafficking into sexual slavery. ATA focuses its efforts on raising awareness of the link between prostitution and sex trafficking within young men in the UK.  We believe that reducing the demand for paid sex will reduce the number of women and girls that are trafficked into the UK to provide sexual services. See www.atalliance.org.uk to find out ore about ATA’s work and the facts about sex trafficking.

What can people do to stop this?

· If you are a man who is about to sleep with a woman working in prostitution, think twice! She may be trafficked and you could be charged with rape. If you have recently bought sex and suspect that the woman may have been trafficked, report it – call the Crime Stoppers number on 0800 555 111.

· Play the game, watch the video and share these with your friends.

· Speak out against sex trafficking.

· Support the work of the ATA.

For further information, testimony from trafficked women and copies of the DVD, please contact Ceri Hayes, Media Spokesperson, the Anti-Trafficking Alliance: ceri@atalliance.org.uk or tel: 07773 987 607.

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