In pictures: Forced labour and trafficking

Anelia, 22, says she is not a typical victim of trafficking. She was struggling to balance her college studies and a full-time job when she met "the Italian". They went to Milan where he introduced her to two men who told her to strip for a camera test - "the Italian" had already vanished along with her passport. She was made to pose for pornographic videos and work as a prostitute - if she refused she was beaten up. Anelia managed to flee her "chaperon" on a visit to the market. She got on a bus and ended up in southern Italy. There, she met some Bulgarians who agreed to help her return home, where she now works as a prostitute. "I'd heard the horror stories, and thought 'my luck can't be that bad'. But it was. The truth is, it's a gamble," Anelia says.

Text: Katerina Pesheva
Picture: Ivan Popov