#599 Best Of - Pedophile Ring Survivor - Anneke Lucas

Originally aired in 2015. Sold by her mother to a pedophile ring led by powerful politicians and aristocrats in her native Belgium, Anneke’s story is about more than just survival. She talks about the ways her PTSD affects her life but also about the empathy she learned at a young age that inspires her to teach yoga in prisons, especially fellow survivors of sex-trafficking. Anneke has a book out entitled Quest For Love: Memoir of a Child Sex Slave More about Anneke: website: https://annekelucas.com

Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B4FV3982

Insta: https://www.instagram.com/anneke.lucas/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AnnekeLucas2/

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