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As the UK marks the 200th anniversary of the Parliamentary Act to abolish the slave trade, thousands of people are still being brought into the country, ultimately to work as slaves.
Like many of the women who are trafficked into the UK, Dean Sim thought she would be able to quickly pay back the fixer and begin sending money home to support her family.
After being thrown out of the hotel for not paying her bill Dean Sim made her way to China Town where she was told about the Cheltenham cleaning job.
"When I arrived (in Cheltenham by train) I was met by the boss who brought me and a Chinese girl to the house where I met two girls from Hong Kong and a receptionist," she told detectives.
Although Dean Sim was not raped or physically forced into having sex she was told that in order to pay back the money quickly to have some to send home she should offer sex.
After being cared for by the police in Gloucester Dean Sim Lin was taken to the Poppy Project in London - which helps trafficked women with immigration status and work and is the only place of its kind in the UK.
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