Worried about my girlfriend traveling.?

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MreFreeman1

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My girlfriend of 5 years who I love more then anything on this planet is going to study abroad. She wants to go to italy but hasn't decided yet. I made the HUGE mistake of going to see the movie "Taken" with Liam Neeson (may his wife rest in peace and best wishes). Don't get me wrong, it was an amazing movie but for those of you who have not seen this it...It's basically about his daughter getting abducted in France by women trafficers. Who addict girls to drugs and force them into prostitution. I researched this online and found out that the trafficing of women is one the fastest growing criminal industries in the world and that they are actually taking tourist women more and more often. It even happens here in the U.S. So basically I now have a very intense anxiety of her leaving now. I know what your thinking..."its just a movie" or "what are the chances of that happening" but thats what everybody says until it happens to them or someone they love. I love her to death and she's a smart enough girl where she wouldn't put herself in dangerous situations but again that doesn't mean that it will stop it from happening. Now I am a good size guy who has trained in multiple forms of combat but I'm no ex CIA opperative who can cross an ocean and take out a building full of thugs by myself. Sorry if I'm rambling but I just need some advice on how to handle this and ultimately be ok with her leaving for a foreign country for as long as she is.
 
mate seriously, as a single female traveller myself she will be fine, especially if she is going somewhere like Italy or France. these are very safe western European countries, you have just as much chance of something horrible happening to you in the States as over here. I've travelled in the vast majority of Europe, Fiji and Japan and am about to leave for the USA and to be honest of all the places I've visited the place that makes me most nervous is the states.

it is just a movie, don't believe everything you read, to honest I'd be more worried about her falling for a hot European guy with a sexy accent!
 
research the what spots are good and which are bad, help her make an itinerary, so that if she is late or missing you can at least know where to start looking, and take her to self defense classes geared for women, so that she can at least get away if anything does happen. other than that just learn to use common sense if something doesnt look right obviously stay away from it, but you cant be in the everything bad will happen to her mentality, ultimately it will be up to her on how she handles herself once she is there. avoiding bad areas is the best preventive measure.
 
noticed the second poster, said "single". hell yeah, I would be worried if my gf wanted to go on a trip by herself or with another person who is not me.
 
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