Osayande was a sex worker who died at the hands of a year-old client behind North Station. Osayande, who was 24 when she was killed, was brought to Brussels by a ring of human traffickers, with the promise of housing and work in Europe.
She and a group of other young women were threatened, raped and forced to undergo rituals to convince them to be loyal to their captors. Once in Brussels, Osayande was put in a derelict apartment and forced into prostitution. It led to demands that safety be improved and that the municipalities of Saint-Josse and Schaerbeek create clear legal guidelines for the sector and its offenders.
A teenager was arrested for her murder and is still awaiting trial. Several members of the trafficking ring were also arrested and received prison sentences of between 2. In the aftermath of the killing and the arrests, three other women could escape the same situation. The city chose to name the street after Osayande in recognition of all the women victimised by sexual violence and femicide. This percentage is much higher among sex workers. The struggle to bring down these mind-bogglingly high numbers deserves more attention and urgency.
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