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The women were recruited in Nigeria with false promises of legal employment and then illegally brought to Spain where they were forced to work as prostitutes, police said in a statement. Police said the ring carried out “voodoo rituals and black magic to frighten the women and keep them always under control with the threat of ‘destroying their souls” or ‘making them crazy’.”

[Article continues at link. There's a limit to how much I can do about false promises of legal employment, or illegal border crossing, or forced labor. But there's one thing I can do that might save someone from an experience like these women had. And that is to discourage people from believing in invisible monsters. If you believe in invisible monsters, you might be bullied into doing something you don't want to do by other people who threaten to turn the invisible monsters loose on you. But if you don't believe in invisible monsters, you can just laugh at such threats. It doesn't matter if the invisible monster is a voodoo creature, God, the approval of others, souls or other species of humbug. Laugh at the invisible monsters and their handlers. This is a natural universe and for a short time you're part of it. Enjoy. - Trevor Blake]