Tania Fiolleau

Tania Fiolleau (born 1971)^[1] is an activist against human trafficking, prostitution, and the sex industry.^[2] In 1996, she divorced her husband, who had been abusing her; he was convicted four times. He subsequently fought with her for the next five years for custody of their two sons.^[1] She applied for legal aid, but was rejected, and she began staying at a women's shelter with her children.^[3] In order to finance her fight to retain custody of her sons, Fiolleau responded to a vague classified advertisement. She thereby entered the sex industry and became a famous Madam married to the Mafia.^[4] Fiolleau became a madam in charge of four brothels. Fiolleau was married into the Russian mafia. She eventually left the sex industry and became an Ordained Pastor.^[5] She once had five hundred prostitutes working under her.^[6] She later said, "I do apologize publicly for exploiting these women. I was exploited myself."^[7] Fiolleau is from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and wrote Souled Out, an autobiography and bestseller.^[8] A second edition of the book was published and an American film adaptation was planned.^[9] In 2011, she joined Tara Teng, who was Miss Canada at the time, for the Ignite the Road to Justice tour, which travelled to 10 Canadian cities raising awareness about human trafficking.^[10] Tania is currently a TV Talk show host on Joy TV Network. Fiolleau is an international speaker and ordained Pastor. Fiolleau is the foundress of Save the Women International Organization. Tania is a veteran master martial artist acquiring black belts mastering the skills in Jui-jitsu,Russian Sambo,Pankration,Korean Kick-boxing,Thai-Kwon-Do.

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