In a post 9-11 world, immigration and border control agencies are focused on anti-terrorist initiatives.  As a result thousands of trafficked women who arrive at ports or airports are allowed to pass. Politicians, police and immigration authorities view these women as illegal immigrants and prostitutes. Through the help of the POPPY project, a London charity set up in 2003, some women have been rescued and freed from their captors. Their stories not only condemn the traffickers, but also their customers, the state, and the apathetic politicians whose complicity makes them active participants in the exploitation and rape of these women.