Organisations for trafficked women have noticed rise in number of prostitutes and women being bought as slaves

Anti-human trafficking organisation The Nest International has raised concerns over the number of instances of women being brought into Denmark as personal sex-slaves.

According to the organisation the number of foreign prostitutes on the streets of Copenhagen has increased by up to 20 percent in the last six months, and a number of women have been brought into the country under disturbing circumstances.

A high-profile case a few months ago saw a 22-year-old Nigerian woman being kept as a sex-slave at a remote Danish farm for two months before she escaped.

The Nest International’s Vibeke Lenskjold told Urban newspaper that this form of slavery takes place all over the country, including in rural towns.

‘We know stories of men that head out abroad and bring a woman home. She thinks she’ll get married and live an ordinary life, but instead she’s held captive and abused,’ Lenskjold said.

Organisation Safe and Alive runs safehouses where women subjected to trafficking can hide. It is currently in contact with one woman who was bought by a Danish man for 15,000 kroner. The case is still ongoing, so further details have not been released.

‘You can buy a woman for as little as 15-30,000 kroner. Then she’s yours, whether you want her to clean or to have sex. If she runs away then the criminal trafficker that she was purchased from just finds her again,’ said Kenneth Koustrup, project leader for Safe and Alive.