The phenomenon of prostitution has become massive in Albania. This is evident not only in the statistics of law enforcement authorities but also in the online advertisements of this business. A business that is finding a market for a massive number of foreign escorts. The fact is that if we refer to the investigative files, the infrastructure is ready before they arrive in Albania. Now, we will reveal the testimony of another foreign girl who practiced the activity in Elbasan.
“Hello. I’m from Colombia. I’m 21 years old. I’ve stayed in my country of origin my whole life. I’ve never been abroad. A friend of mine from Colombia offered me a job, apparently she sensed that I didn’t have enough income, my father and mother don’t have money to support me and my brothers, I have 3 brothers,” said the girl from Colombia.
“The communication between the girls and the person who exploits them is earlier. They conclude, so to speak, a contract of trust. By sharing the % without coming to the Albanian state,” said Suada Pocesta, a lawyer.
“Of course not. I didn’t know. She promised me many things, that she would help me get a good job. I liked the idea that I would have a much better lifestyle and earn enough money to help my family, to continue my studies. She knew that I had no money to continue my university studies. At no point did I think about the difficulties, obstacles and situations that I would encounter when I came to Albania,” said the girl from Colombia.
More or less, this girl’s position is the same as what we discovered above. She claims that she was deceived. A phenomenon that, for the sake of truth, has been observed in many cases. However, the investigators who have prosecuted her think differently.
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“The girl who promised me many things, said she would welcome me, took my ticket and would help me with food and then help me find a job. Then when I came here I realized that everything was a lie. No one can imagine the suffering I went through here,” the Colombian said.
The girl who agreed to share her story with us, confesses that she found herself hostage to her tutors, constantly fearing for her life. The first surprise happened to her as soon as she stepped foot in Rinas. There, she was not waiting for the friend she had spoken to, but a stranger…
“A man came up to me, with a personal car. He told me he would pick me up and I should go with him. I didn’t know where I was going, when I left for Elbasan, they took me to a house, there was another girl there who was with a man, it seemed she was working. The man who picked me up from the airport took my personal belongings, passport and everything and told me that I had to work by having sex with many men to pay for my ticket, my house and my food. Everything they had told me was not true,” said the girl from Colombia.
“Then there is a person who meets them at the airport, he can be Albanian, but also foreign. Two can operate at the same time. It has happened that it can also be a family member, the brother of an escort who is above all other escorts. It is a network where several people are involved, it is not just a tutor, with an escort, two people who undertake to carry out this type of work, but there are several people,” said Suada Pocesta, lawyer.
“We have no control over Airbnb. We do not have legislation to define who is prostitution, who is prostitution for profit, because there is no woman without a material purpose,” said Esmerald Xhafa, a lawyer.
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Upon arriving in Albania, the Latin American girl was put into a vicious circle by her friend. She had paid for her travel expenses and now, she would have to repay everything. In fact, this was the recruitment scheme…
“The moment I went to the airport, I wrote to the girl who lied to me, about where she was and what had happened. I told her that I wanted to leave and I didn’t want to do something like that. She told me that I couldn’t leave and that I had to pay for everything since she had bought my ticket and all the other expenses they had made to bring me home. So from the moment I arrived I couldn’t leave the apartment,” the escort said,
“There are many girls who are victims of practicing their profession. Being lured by various tutors, not knowing it, thinking that they will do another job. The moment they arrived, they were asked to practice their profession, in search of money,” said Suada Pocesta, a lawyer.
“Kidnapping? I can say yes, because for me it was a scam. The girl who contacted me and promised me a different life, brought me the apartment, had promised me a different life, with the style that I wanted to live in another life. They kept me locked in the apartment and I couldn’t get out, because they wouldn’t let me. They kidnapped me, because I didn’t come for this job and I was lied to by the beautiful words and empty promises they made me,” the escort said.
The girl considers it a form of hostage-taking by the tutors, but there was no complaint.