No Way Out: My Terrifying Story of Abuse at the Hands of a Vile Sex Ring

‘There’s not much to help girls over the age of consent. I was 18 the first time I was raped. I was 18 when I was serially and gang raped. I was over 18 when I was trafficked all over England and given to many men, sometimes as many as 10 in one night. Who could I go to for help?’

Lauren’s ordeal began when she was living in the YMCA, and she was violently inducted into an Asian sex ring. Traumatised and alone, she was too weak to try to escape or even tell anyone. Four years later, she had been passed around to over 70 men, was on drugs, and suffered with PTSD so severe she found herself on the edge of suicide. So when Operation Chalice came to recruit her, desperate to bring her abusers down, could she ever be strong enough to answer the call?

Kate Elysia was the victim of a sex ring in Telford, who struggled for many years with PTSD, drug abuse, and other after-effects of her grooming. She was recruited by Operation Chalice, and after a long battle saw many of her abusers behind bars. Lauren is now free from drugs, and has qualified as a mental health nurse, working with sex offenders.