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Modern slavery: Model escapes captors who allegedly try to sell her on the Dark Web

The Current powered by Kim Komando

WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc

News, Technology, Tech News

4.6825 Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2017

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

The Dark Web. It’s a fascinating and dangerous place, but as public intrigue grows, so does the number of horrific stories that emerge from this misunderstood corner of the internet. One such story is the traumatic nightmare that British model, Chloe Ayling claims she went through when she was kidnapped and sold online. In this Komando on Demand podcast, I’ll explain how this modern technology is enabling modern slavery and speak with the freedom fighters who bring cyber criminals to justice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Last month, a horrifying story appeared in media outlets around the world.

0:05.0

A beautiful, young, aspiring model from the UK was lured to Italy on the promise of a well-paying gig.

0:11.9

What she was met by instead was a nefarious Polish criminal who drugged her and kidnapped her.

0:17.6

When did you first think this doesn't feel right? It was when I walked into the studio and there was just silence.

0:24.6

Normally someone would greet you at the door, close to the door, but I just didn't hear anything.

0:28.6

So that's why when I saw the door saying studio on it, I went to open it, but before I had the time to

0:33.6

quickly process my thoughts, that is exactly when the masked man put his arm around my neck.

0:39.8

That's Chloe Ailing describing what happened to the host of a British television show.

0:44.5

After she woke up from her drug-induced coma, her captor explained what exactly was going to happen to her.

0:51.8

He said I would be sold to somewhere in the Middle East and that the men would

0:55.5

use the girls for about three months, pass them around to all the relatives and friends, and then

1:00.1

when they're eventually bored of the girls and they just feed them to the tigers.

1:03.8

I don't know if it's true or not that that would happen, but it's horrifying just to even think about

1:08.0

it. Chloe's captor tried to actually sell her on a human trafficking

1:12.3

marketplace located on one of the darkest corners of the internet. The price? $360,000. Now,

1:20.4

incredibly, Chloe managed to escape from her captor and contact the local police.

1:25.8

Well, I still, I'm scared. Even when I'm home, I'm not going to be the same person again.

1:29.3

I'm going to have a complete career change.

1:30.8

It's really affected my life.

1:32.9

Chloe's alleged kidnappers are now in custody in Italy.

1:36.2

The BBC reports that the men claim the whole story is a complete hoax

1:40.0

and that the model, she made it all up for publicity to further her career.

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