SEX trade slave gangs are using holiday homes in the Peak District as pop-up brothels, a bishop has revealed.
Right Reverend Dr Alastair Redfern, 69, who serves as the Bishop of Derby, said gang bosses who lure women into Britain with false promises of catering work, make maximum profit by renting out homes in the secluded area.
Dr Redfern has been working with the House of Lords in an attempt to toughen laws on the issue.
The Bishop said he once came across a two-bedroom home in Normanton that housed up to 20 men, all of whom were sharing a single toilet.
The Church of England bishop said: "Derby is a place where Eastern European women have come in search for a better life, but they have been forced into working in brothels.
"Organised criminals bring vulnerable women in and then use a cottage for business. They stay for four weeks and make a lot of money.
"All they are paying is rent. But they are in secluded areas and before anyone realises what is going on or becomes suspicious about anything, then they are off to a new place and they take the women with them."
Calling for the public to be more vigilant, he warned that victims are plied with drugs and can be raped up to ten times a day.
The bishop claimed some victims had mental health problems, and think if they speak out, the police will be "out to get them".
He added: "Their humanity has been taken. The girls are offered drugs as that's another way to exert control. They become addicted and start to lose everything.
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"For the public it's difficult, because it is quite usual to see groups of men get into a vehicle and drive around for work.
"It happens all the time. But the public needs to look closer. Are they all leaving the same house? Is their demeanour different?"
The Bishop called on locals to "take control of the problem" by understanding the signs of trafficking and learning how to get evidence.
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