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Of course there are many obvious similarities between the grooming of minors for CSE and the grooming of children and vulnerable adults by religious cults and terrorist organisations.
One of the similarities is that victims, children and adults, grow up to become perpetrators.
It is extremely common in cases of sex trafficking for victims to become recruiters for pimps and traffickers. This happens partly because of the Stockholm syndrome and partly because options for leaving a life of slavery and exploitation are extremely limited. Sometime the only option is for the victim to become a perpetrator.
This can possibly most clearly be seen in the example of the "dancing boys" of Afghanistan. These poor kids are often murdered and if they survive to adulthood their only option of living a reasonably comfortable life is to join the network of paedophiles, rapists and murderers who exploited them.
As someone who, as a teenage girl, was groomed into prostitution by a much older male who initially pretended to be by boyfriend but who subsequently blackmailed me, threatened my family and was extremely violent towards me, I appreciate how difficult it can be to think rationally or to see a way out.
I ultimately was able to escape my pimp after my family moved house which was at a time when the pimp was trying to persuade me to recruit new victims for him.
Even though I was traumatised, very mentally and physically unwell and extremely confused I would never, ever have gone down the path of being complicit in the abuse of other victims.
I am not the only woman who has been in this situation. It is actually fairly common for trafficking victims to find the courage to escape when they are being pressurised to recruit more victims.
I think that this is because it is very difficult to reflect upon your personal situation when you are subjected to frequent threats and violence. When a man who had tricked and abused you invited you to trick and abuse another young girl you can identify with her and gain perspective into your own situation. It can make it easier to leave.
Begum was undoubtably tricked, groomed and alienated from her family. She was sucked into a world in which torture, murder, rape etc were considered perfectly acceptable.
The problem is that she still feels that such things re acceptable. That makes her dangerous.
If you ever try to communicate concerns to a person involved in an exploitative, brainwashing cult (whether paramilitary, sexually abusive, whatever) you are very unlikely to make any progress as long as that person in involved in a cultic milieu.
Begum is undoubtably still a dangerous person. She demonstrates a shocking level of complacency about the abuses inflicted upon others. This is all a mundane and unremarkable consequence of being involved in a cult.
The problem is, in my opinion, to determine the best strategy for minimising the danger she presents to not just the UK but to other innocent people all over the world.
This is a much more important issue than anything to do with her human rights and entitlements.
I do not wish her to "rot in hell" any more than I wish for followers of any other abusive cult to suffer.
This is a complex and nuanced issue and the safety of innocent people should be our most urgent priority.