Horrors of Bangladesh's 'Brothel Village' Where 1,500 Women and Girls Serve 3,000 Clients a Day
Kidnapped by gangs as children, sold by their own family and tricked by boyfriends and pimps, this is life inside the Bangladeshi village entirely dedicated to prostitution. Every day, more than 1,500 women and girls are forced to serve the wishes of more than 3,000 men a day for as little as £2 in the village of Daulatdia, home to one of the world's largest brothels. Bangladesh is one of the few countries that tolerates prostitution and girls are being forced into following their mothers into the exploitative industry from as young as 14 - the country's age of consent. Trapped until they have repaid their debt, girls trafficked into Daulatdia - made up of a series of shacks spread over a maze of alleyways - face a lifetime of physical and mental suffering that no child should be subjected to. 'We just want to play, we like playing. I wish someone could arrange another place for us, somewhere outside where we can live,' one innocent girl who has been swept up by Daulat...