Sexually available and vulnerable, some were adorned with candles or pocked with drains like open sores.
Knowing all this, what services are available to vulnerable year abroad students?
"Here are people in successful positions that you think are unattainable, making themselves completely available and vulnerable.
When benefits become available to vulnerable populations, information on how and where to get them is not trumpeted on billboards.
It concludes: "Overall there can be no doubt that there has been a significant reduction in the amount of financial help being made available to vulnerable people since the coalition government came to power in May 2010".
In particular the watchdog found firms were: failing to adequately assess customers' financial circumstances before recommending a course of action not making clear the type of service they provide and that free advice is available encouraging vulnerable customers to purchase products and services which are not suitable and impede their ability to repay their debts.
Asked about the discrepancy, a DECC spokesman said: "In December, the government announced an additional £540m to make Britain's homes more energy-efficient, alongside changes to the ECO scheme, which protected the help available to vulnerable households and extended the scheme for an extra two years.
"Several councils are developing proposals for innovative work that will improve and expand the range of support available for vulnerable children.
That is why local, regional, national, and international organizations have often been on the alert, ensuring that effective and well prepared disaster management plans are made available in vulnerable areas for prevention, preparedness, rapid and effective relief, and recovery.
"We have worked hard to improve accessibility to report crimes and to raise awareness of these types of crimes and the help and support available to vulnerable victims," he said.
