In Photos: The Secret World Of Modern Slavery

Nicoleta, 34, Romanian survivor of forced labour and sexual slavery in Sicily

I came to Sicily with my husband. We needed to send money back to support our children in Romania. But the greenhouse farmer where we found work said I had to sleep with him, and if I refused, he wouldn’t pay us. My husband said it was the only way we could keep our work. My employer threatened me with a gun, and when he finished, he just walked away. This went on for months. I left both the farm and my husband, but found out it is the same wherever you try to find work here in Sicily.

Photo: Francesca Commissari for the Guardian