Some of them were recruiters so not victims at all. The recruitment was done by deception and lying. 18-19 years old is an adult and still a teenager. The urge to show up back home was massive, many women were ready to take life shortcuts, ready for many sacrifices. Arrangements like this are not 1-3 masterminds and then remaining being exclusively victims, cash in solid currency fills the holes in conscience very well.
I know plenty of eastern europeans from that timeframe who made careers in various areas without resorting to demeaning work. I assume you’re generalizing to justify your own outcome.
If by careers you mean simply making a living... there are very few truly success stories. If your friends were successful in the privatization during the 90s, or in public sector, or fossil fuel related... that's why the rest of the society had to "whore" themselves abroad. Let me guess what they do at most - outsourcing for German of American corporations, maybe some software for gambling?
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