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EMERGENCY WARNING!

Scouts Forcing girls into prostitution!!

EMERGENCY WARNING !

BEWARE of leaving the country and getting into sticky situations !

Warning to  all young models to beware of a scam which could be very dangerous to you !

 

Three models were assisted out of a very dangerous situation.

The models were contacted by a company ONLINE and they were all invited to a test shoot in London, the models were paid between $3-500 cash each just for the test shoot and were paid in US dollars.

The photographer asked the models to go on a modelling job to Prague that week. Hurried into this situation none of them took any safety precautions with them.


The models arrived in Prague one of the models was approached by Salvatore the owner of the company with a Czech female to do escorting and prostitution. No modelling shoots were ever mentioned, Salvatore then told the models this morning that he wanted to take them off somewhere to a casting. They suddenly realised how vulnerable they were and fortunately one girl had secreted her phone away. A colleague who had been called by this girl rang me and we could help them together.

She had spoken to some business contacts in Prague and was told that the models may
be in danger, there has been news reports of businessmen connected with the Czech Mafia getting English girls under false pretences to go to Czech and attempting to try and get them into prostitution, in some cases if the girls were not agreeable they were taken to unknown locations and some were drugged and raped and taken to Arabic countries.

The embassy details were given to them and the British Embassy notified. They were told to leave the hotel and go to the British Embassy for help. The  British Embassy then called the models and ensured they got back to the UK safely.


Please do not go off on a whim and without taking precautions !

Michelle & Katie

Alba Tips on working abroad

1. NEVER Give your passport to anyone, always Keep it safely with you and check into airports and hotels yourself, keeping your flight tickets and passport with you at all times !

2. Always ensure that your family or a friend that you can rely upon knows you are leaving the country, where you are going, and when you should be back.

3. Try to ensure that you have a mobile that will work in the country you are going to, in case you need to call home in an emergency.

4. Make sure you have the details of the British Embassy in the area you are going to so that if required you can contact them or go to their offices.

5. Never leave without either having a return ticket, or the funds to purchase a return for yourself if things do not work out.

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