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World Service,21 Apr 2011,25 mins

Uganda to Iraq: Trafficked into Slavery

Assignment

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For Assignment Anna Cavell tells the extraordinary story of the rescue of a group of Ugandan women who were trafficked into Iraq. They were told they would get decent jobs but instead found themselves working as slaves and subject to violence and even rape. They were saved by an unlikely pair of heroes - a Ugandan security guard and an American military officer.

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