There is also the issue of the fact that many victims of sex trafficking do not know that they are trafficked. Many perceive their traffickers as their friends. Many victims recruit other females (or in some cases males) to sex trafficking networks for various reasons. Those reasons can be on a continuum of motivations, with at one end the chance to make money and to please the trafficker (who may be perceived as a friend or lover) and at the other end there may be a genuine belief that the vulnerable person being recruited is being helped to better themselves, pay off debts or some other reason.
Most recruiting of victims happens somewhere in the middle of the continuum and significant cognitive dissonance is involved. If we consider this in a nuanced way then it is entirely possible that Prince Andrew could have had what he had every reasons to believe was consensual sexual activity with a young woman who was trafficked but who did not realise that she was trafficked. She may have acted as though she was consenting but later come to believe that she was under duress.
Virginia Giuffre was, according to various news reports of Epstein’s victims testimonies, nearer to the top of the exploitation pyramid than the bottom. While she was not as high up as Ghislaine Maxwell she bears significant culpability for the exploitation of many other young women and girls. VG has admitted that she recruited minor girls for Epstein. Carolyn Andriano , whom I consider to be a credible witness, has stated that Giuffre recruited her to Epstein’s sex trafficking pyramidal enterprise when Carolyn was 14 years old and Giuffre was an adult. If true this makes Giuffre someone who participated in the sexual exploitation and trafficking of minors.
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Former companions said Virginia Roberts, 31, lived a lavish lifestyle and never seemed like she was being held captive as she was part of Jeffrey Epstein's harem in Palm Beach, Florida.
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VG also failed to give evidence at Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial. I cannot understand why, if she is such a warrior for truth and justice, she would not wish to give testimony at the trial. It really does not make any sense at all.