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I have recently read dozens of news reports on the peril of ‘spiking’ whereby young women are rendered near-unconscious by perpetrators who spike their drinks with drugs or – more recently – literally inject the women via hypodermic needle with an incapacitating substance. One victim, who lost the ability to walk, talk, or even hold…
Right from under the noses of the British Home Office, hundreds of child refugees, seeking asylum in the United Kingdom, are being abducted and trafficked for all sorts of reasons. The British Home Office has been repeatedly cautioned by a multitude of agencies, about the dangers such vulnerable children faced, arriving unaccompanied from their homelands….
A dangerous new law to criminalize sex work is currently being debated in the Spanish parliament. The proposed legislation seeks to criminalize the buyers of sexual services, commonly known as the Nordic Model. But evidence from countries where this framework is already in place suggest that this leaves sex workers more vulnerable to exploitation, violence…
Part one of a two-part report. MANILA, Philippines — “After several years working back and forth as a seaman, it’s the first time that I experienced an employer that abused me. They mistreated us.” Lloyd* didn’t know he would be fishing in Ireland. When he signed his contract in the Philippines, it was with a…
— “AFTER SEVERAL YEARS working back and forth as a seaman, it’s the first time that I experienced an employer that abused me. They mistreated us.” Lloyd* didn’t know he would be fishing in Ireland. When he signed his contract in the Philippines, it was with a company based in Northern Ireland for work on…
Two people have been charged with a number of offences after a major operation against human trafficking. A 63-year-old man and a 47-year-old woman have been charged with human trafficking, controlling prostitution, brothel keeping and money laundering. They will appear before Dungannon Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday. On Monday, 27 brothels across Northern Ireland were raided…
TWENTY potential human trafficking victims have been identified in a major police offensive targeting brothels operated across Northern Ireland, the High Court has heard. They were taken to properties arranged by a former sex worker who says she charged each woman £50 under her limited role as a “booking agent”, a judge was told. But…
Two people have appeared in court after a major operation against human trafficking. Gerard Corrigan, 62, from Park View, Pomeroy and Maive Martins Mariano, 47, from Rockview Crescent, Belleek, county Armagh have been charged with brothel keeping, human trafficking, controlling prostitution and money laundering. The offences allegedly occurred between 23 March 2020 and 21 November…
The PSNI has approached victims from 27 brothels across Northern Ireland as part of a huge effort involving over 150 officers, against an organised crime group. Belfast Live joined police from the Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Unit on Monday, as they visited two premises in Newry, with the door kicked in at one. Two…
The PSNI has raided 27 brothels across Northern Ireland in a major operation against human trafficking. Up to 150 police officers took part in the operation, which saw a man and a woman arrested. Many of the women helped today were originally from Brazil. They were being exploited in brothels in towns like Armagh, Dungannon,…
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