“A couple who ran a multi-million-pound prostitution ring of trafficked young women and girls were behind bars today.”
The Independent, 4th February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The House of Lords is expected to vote later on proposed new laws for England and Wales to deal with what campaigners are calling modern-day slavery.”
BBC News, 26th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Swedish man has been jailed for trafficking Sri Lankans into Britain through Heathrow.”
UK Border Agency, 9th September 2009
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
“A Mauritian-born couple have been found guilty of four counts of human trafficking and three counts of employing illegal workers.”
UK Border Agency, 9th June 2009
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Three members of a Hungarian family have been jailed for trafficking women to the UK for sexual exploitation, by an Inner London Crown Court judge.”
BBC News, 4th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Suspected victims of child trafficking from Asia, Africa and the Middle East are being smuggled through Britain’s leading ports and airports at an accelerating rate, new figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act reveal.”
The Guardian, 14th April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Victims of human trafficking will receive better protection and support under new measures coming into force in the United Kingdom today.”
UK Border Agency, 1st April 2009
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Victims of human trafficking will receive better protection and support under new measures coming into force in the UK today.”
Home Office, 1st April 2009
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Victims of human trafficking will be helped to escape prostitution and domestic servitude following the award of a new £3.7 million government grant to the POPPY Project, Justice Minister Maria Eagle announced today.”
Ministry of Justice, 19th March 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Children as young as three are being trafficked to Wales from China, Bangladesh and Nigeria for sex, drugs and domestic servitude, a study shows.”
BBC News, 18th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Four Eastern European women kept as sex slaves have won more than £600,000 damages against a people trafficker and his wife who imprisoned and abused them in brothels across London.”
The Independent, 20th February 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Two people have been jailed for their part in the trafficking and exploitation of women for sex in Kent.”
BBC News, 15th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Hundreds of thousands of men who buy sex risk acquiring a criminal record under plans set out today to clamp down on prostitution.”
The Independent, 19th November 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Nine people from Thailand have been jailed for up to two-and-a-half-years for their part in exploiting women who were advertised in ‘online brothels’. They are thought to have made millions of pounds from women trafficked from Asia to the UK for use in the sex trade.”
BBC News, 12th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A gang of ‘callous’ sex traffickers and brothel bosses, who subjected a terrified teenager and a young mother to a nightmare of ‘sex slavery’, were jailed for up to 14 years each today.”
The Independent, 4th November 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“Those who prosecuted defendants charged with immigration offences who might be victims of people-trafficking must be aware of the protocols in relation to such victims enshrined in the Code for Crown Prosecutors; defence lawyers must make inquiries if there was credible material showing that their client might have been such a victim, especially if the client was young.”
The Times, 2nd October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“A clampdown on kerbcrawlers and men who pay for sex with trafficked women has been launched by Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary.”
The Independent, 22nd September 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A woman who smuggled an unpaid servant into the UK and forced her to sleep in a cupboard has been jailed for two and a half years at Harrow Crown Court.”
BBC News, 4th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Up to 18,000 females, including girls as young as 14, are working in brothels across Britain after being smuggled into the country to meet the booming demand for prostitutes. Police, unveiling the results of the largest ever crackdown on people smuggling yesterday, revealed that nearly five times more women than previously thought are working under duress in massage parlours and suburban homes.”
The Independent, 3rd July 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Companies that employ illegal immigrants are to be named and shamed in a further attempt to crack down on people smuggling.”
BBC News, 19th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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