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Women raped by Sinai traffickers find help
Women raped by Sinai traffickers find help
By Frederik Pleitgen and Mohammed Fadel Fahmy, CNN
The Sinai desert is a hub for people trafficking. Many of the refugees from sub-Saharan Africa who get smuggled through here get tortured and blackmailed in the process.
Bedouin gangs – instead of trafficking the refugees straight into Israel – often hold them captive, torture them and force relatives into paying ransoms for their release.
The ordeal is exceptionally bad for women. Many of them are raped by the traffickers and some become pregnant. FULL POST
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