Changes to Met policing raise concerns for trafficking victims 1 April 2010 Blog 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…
Mexican women and children trafficked to the US 12 January 2010 Blog 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…
Prison for man who trafficked girlfriend into prostitution 4 November 2009 Blog 4 November 2009 A Hungarian man, who forced his girlfriend into prostitution in London, has been jailed for five years for trafficking offences. Bertalan Lakatos, 27, first travelled to Austria and Netherlands with his 35-year-old girlfriend and forced her to…
Response to the Guardian article on Prostitution and Trafficking 22 October 2009 Blog 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…
Fears over MET Human Trafficking Team closure 7 October 2009 Blog 7 October 2009 In response to today’s reports that the Metropolitan Police’s Human Trafficking team may be disbanded, Aidan McQuade, Director of Anti-Slavery International, said: “Any decision to cut the team, even if there are serious financial pressures, is very…
Roma children trafficked into life of crime across Europe 3 September 2009 Blog 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…
Response to Home Affairs Committee report on human trafficking 14 May 2009 Blog 14 May 2009 In response to today’s (Thursday 14 May) Home Affairs Committee report on human trafficking, Klara Skrivankova, Trafficking Programme Co-ordinator for Anti-Slavery International, which submitted evidence to the Parliamentary Inquiry, said: “The Home Affairs Committee is right to…
UN says governments fail to protect victims of trafficking 18 February 2009 Blog 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…
Landmark High Court verdict in UK 20 January 2009 Blog 20 January 2009 Anti-Slavery International welcomes the landmark decision by the High Court yesterday (19 February 2009) to compensate four Moldovan women trafficked into forced prostitution in the UK with more than £600,000 in damages, and calls for the compensation…
End criminalising victims of trafficking 18 December 2008 Blog 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…