Cults to Consciousness24 Jul 2025

I Was Trafficked By a UK Gang at 9 Years Old

Sosa Henkoma was 8 when he ran away from v*olence at home. At 9 he was groomed by a gang in the UK, drawn into dr*g traff*cking while feeling abandoned in foster care. He recounts the moment he had a shotg*n pointed to his head at 11 during a raid. On this 12th birthday, just released from the hospital after being st*bbed, we has given his own shotg*n, and a bulletproof vest. Trapped in a life of crime for the next decade, he ran g*ns and dr*gs between London and Liverpool, becoming known as “The Devil Walking on Earth”.

Sosa says said he counts himself lucky to still be alive after he was st*bbed at least 11 times and shot at twice. It was only after Sosa was convicted and imprisoned that authorities deemed him to be a victim. He describes how fatherhood, therapy and sheer luck saved him.

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Chapter Marks

00:04:45 Sosa's early years in Nigeria

00:05:51 Sosa moved to the UK at 8 to live with his father (was still not able to know him)

00:08:22 CW: CA - Sosa's stepmom became abus*ve

00:12:27 The events that led to Sosa leaving the abus*ve household

00:17:54 What it was like in UK foster care

00:19:52 How Sosa learned about gang culture

00:24:12 Sosa was useful for his bike

00:26:25 Meeting the elders

00:29:23 Hierarchy and dr*g business within a gang, explained

00:34:16 11 year old Sosa didn't know that he was helping sell dr*gs

00:35:27 Sosa explains what "banking" meant (not what you think)

00:39:17 11 year old Sosa gets raided by a rival gang

00:40:23 Sosa gets a sh*tg*n pointed at his face at 11 y.o.

00:44:42 Sosa starts year 7 at school, while having to watch out for his life

00:49:49 Sosa learns to shoot a g*n

00:53:21 CW: Gang related injuries at 12

00:54:57 The trauma of being in a gang; disassociation

00:58:19 CW: The worst of what Sosa saw and experienced

01:01:54 Sosa gets nick named at 16, The Devil Walking on Earth

01:03:25 Sosa was sentenced at 13 years old

01:04:01 When Sosa got out of prison at 16, he went to war with the elders

01:07:45 Sosa was set up to go to prison again

01:08:57 Sosa faced being deported

01:09:53 Sosa learns he was groomed, and is dealing with trauma

01:14:14 The residual trauma Sosa deals with now

01:15:21 What do those still in the gang think of Sosa speaking out?

01:19:31 Sosa's advocacy work

01:23:15 Linda, listen

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