"Iana Matei" is a Romanian activist who founded Reaching Out Romania, an organization to find and rehabilitate victims of forced prostitution. Reaching Out Romania operates the House of Treasure, a shelter for former victims of human trafficking.

On January 20, 2010, Matei was named "European of the Year" by Reader's Digest for this work.

Iana Matei's book was first published in 2010 by OH ! Editions, in France under the title "A vendre, Mariana,15 ans".

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To you, it's a human being. To them, it's not. To them, it's income. It's a way of making money.

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It?s on the street. It?s impossible not to see. It?s not a secret industry. It?s right in your face.

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Young girls and women, bought and sold, first to work in prostitution. That's slavery. We choose to believe that they are prostitutes and we don't look into it.

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