Recruits were expected to provide "collateral" before joining - including damaging information about friends and family, nude photographs and rights to assets - that could be used against them if they revealed the existence of the organisation or tried to leave, prosecutors said. Many "slaves" were branded on their pelvic areas with a cauterising gun with a symbol that incorporated Raniere's initials, according to prosecutors.
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