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16 June 2010 The UK’s new anti-trafficking measures are “not fit for purpose” and the government is breaching its obligations under the European Convention against Trafficking (1), said a coalition of British human rights organisations today (16 June), as it published a new report on trafficking to the UK. The… Keep reading »
20 April 2010 A gang of Romanian child traffickers responsible for forcing Romanian Roma children to beg and steal on London’s streets were arrested on 8 April during an operation supported by London’s Met police. Eighteen people were arrested following raids on 34 homes in Tandarei, a sleepy town of… Keep reading »
16 April 2010 A new legal guide by Anti-Slavery International and Eaves Poppy Project has warned that victims of trafficking for forced prostitution and forced labour are vulnerable to being re-trafficked because of a failure of the criminal justice system to provide financial compensation for their ordeal. International and domestic… Keep reading »
1 April 2010 Anti-Slavery International is concerned that changes to the structure of London’s Metropolitan Police will result in less protection for trafficking victims. Today, the highly successful but now disbanded Met Police Human Trafficking team hands responsibility on the issue of trafficking over to the SCD9 Human Exploitation and… Keep reading »
12 January 2010 A Channel 4 News investigation has uncovered the trafficking of Mexican women and children to the US. The trade was revealed by Maria (not her a real name), a woman who had been held captive by human traffickers for four months. Maria was only 16 years… Keep reading »
22 October 2009 Response to the article ‘Prostitution and Trafficking – The Anatomy of a Moral Panic’, by Nick Davies, published in The Guardian on 20 October 2009. The article suggests that the country’s low conviction rate for trafficking offences is clear evidence that the number of victims affected by… Keep reading »
3 September 2009 Romanian Roma children are being trafficked across Europe to become beggars and thieves, according to the BBC’s One World (shown 2 September 2009). The programme revealed Children as young as 10 years old forced by their parents and other members of their community to pick pockets, steal… Keep reading »
18 February 2009 Nearly 99 per cent of trafficking victims are not identified, the first United Nations global report on human trafficking has found. The report also criticises governments for failing to prosecute traffickers and exposes the role women play in the trafficking of other women into the sex industry. Keep reading »
18 December 2008 Call to end culture of criminalising trafficking victims Anti-Slavery International welcomes the Government’s ratification of the Trafficking Convention yesterday evening (17 December 2008) but warns that there must now be an end to the culture of treating trafficked people as criminals rather than the victims of serious… Keep reading »
25 October 2007 In an important move forward in the fight against human trafficking, on 24 October Cyprus became the tenth country to ratify the Council of Europe’s Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings. With 10 ratifications it means the Convention will enter into force from 1 February… Keep reading »