Human traffickers are invariably criminals, often violent criminals who mostly will stop at nothing to protect themselves.
The trafficked people are invariably duped into believing they are going to a better life and will pay a disproportionately large fee that is usually borrowed. It later transpires the fee doesn't cover the entire cost and the person remains in debt to the traffickers.
The trafficked people aren't unintelligent and know they are taking a huge risk but are usually so desperate they are willing to believe anything but will remain afraid.
The trafficked people are therefore frightened for their safety, knowing they are disposable from the point of view of the traffickers, afraid of everything being wasted if their presence is detected by the authorities where they have been trafficked to, they are heavily in debt with amounts they couldn't possibly repay, expecting a period of virtual slavery as they are treated as the property of either the traffickers or the slavers they are typically passed on to.
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