“A couple who trafficked a 10-year-old girl to the UK who was repeatedly raped and kept as a servant for nearly a decade have been jailed.”
BBC News, 23rd October 2013
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“A maximum life sentence for the worst cases of human trafficking and exploitation is to be introduced.”
BBC News, 18th October 2013
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“A pensioner who trafficked a 10-year-old deaf and mute girl into Britain, keeping her in his cellar to claim benefits, was convicted yesterday of repeatedly raping her.”
The Independent, 17th October 2013
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“A man who assaulted, raped and held a woman prisoner after she was snatched from Slovakia and trafficked to Lancashire has been jailed.”
BBC News, 10th October 2013
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“The UK has launched a new National Crime Agency. What is it and what does it do?”
BBC News, 6th October 2013
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“Six men have been jailed for paying or offering to pay a “vulnerable and damaged” 16-year-old girl for sex.”
BBC News, 30th August 2013
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“A ‘modern slavery’ bill that tightens the laws on human trafficking will be introduced in an attempt to eradicate an ‘evil in our midst’, Theresa May has announced.”
The Guardian, 25th August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The role of investigative journalism was praised today as a top level computer consultant was jailed for 16 months in connection with a ‘pitiless deception’ in which he sought to con hard up students into having sex with him in return for falsely offering to pay their university fees.”
The Independent, 19th July 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“In the UK, knife crime and gang crime have been decreasing rapidly. The significant reductions have been achieved largely because of the way police and other investigative agencies manage their intelligence. They’ve prioritised a few key crimes and focused on preventing them.”
The Guardian, 11th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Members of an Oxford gang who groomed vulnerable young girls for sex, repeatedly raping them and threatening to kill them if they told anyone, have been jailed for life.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th June 2013
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“Where the question arose as to whether a defendant who had committed an offence was a victim of trafficking the prosecution was, and remained, responsible for deciding whether to prosecute or not. The court’s role was to protect the rights of a victim of trafficking by overseeing the decision of the prosecutor and refusing to countenance any prosecution which failed to acknowledge and address the victim’s subservient situation.”
WLR Daily, 21st June 2013
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“Victims of the ‘vile’ offence of human trafficking who become involved in crime should have their cases dealt with by the justice system with the ‘greatest sensitivity’, leading judges said today.”
The Independent, 21st June 2013
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“Three children from Vietnam who were trafficked to the UK and forced to work for criminal gangs have had their criminal convictions quashed.”
BBC News, 21st June 2013
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“Too few of the human traffickers who force women to work in the sex trade and children to labour in cannabis farms are being prosecuted in the UK, according to the solicitor general, Oliver Heald QC.”
The Guardian, 11th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Campaigners warn that proposals to slash the legal aid budget will price trafficked women and victims of domestic violence out of the justice system.”
The Guardian, 10th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Abandoned migrant and trafficked children will be left destitute and at risk of exploitation if the government goes ahead with a plan to introduce residency tests to determine whether they qualify for legal aid, child protection experts are warning.”
The Guardian, 2nd June 2013
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“A man has been jailed for 11 years for raping an Indian woman who was treated like a ‘slave’ at his home.”
BBC News, 16th May 2013
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“A gang of abusers who subjected vulnerable girls in Oxford to years of rape, torture and extreme sexual violence has been convicted at the Old Bailey in one of the biggest child sexual exploitation trials in recent years.”
The Guardian, 14th May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Three men from east London who abducted a 13-year-old girl from the streets of
the city and forced her to become their sex slave have been jailed.”
BBC News, 26th April 2013
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