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03-Feb-06 | Sex trafficker sent to jail |
Manchester Online Mike Slingsby |
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| Albanian: Ilir Markvukaj | ||||
| http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/men/news/s/203/203176_sex_trafficker_sent_to_jail.html | ||||
| 07-Feb-06 | Frontline: Sex Slaves |
PBS Ric Esther Bienstock |
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07-Feb-06 | Sex trafficking is 'real problem' |
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07-Feb-06 | Trafficked women tricked into prostitution |
Western Mail Tryst Williams |
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See: BBC Week In Week Out: Sex Traffickers: http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/weekinweekout/stories/2006_sextraffickers.shtml |
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09-Feb-06 | Sex trafficker jailed for 14 years | icBerkshire | |
| Lithuanian: Eimantus Suliauskas | ||||
| http://icberkshire.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/nationalnews/tm_objectid=16685778&method=full&siteid=50102-name_page.html | ||||
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11-Feb-06 | Asians held in Britain brothel raid | Indo-Asian News Service |
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| 13 Asian women and an equal number from England and Latvia arrested during brothel raid. Humberside Police said investigating sex trafficking aspect. | ||||
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17-Feb-06 | Gangs smuggle sex slaves into Capital from Eastern Europe |
The Scotsman Alan McEwen |
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| Two 21 year old sex trafficking victims brought into Edinburgh to work as prostitutes against their will. Both women had escaped and alerted police. | ||||
| http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh.cfm?id=249882006 (sign in required) | ||||
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19-Feb-06 | Farming firm at heart of sex ring |
Sunday Times Enda Leahy |
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21-Feb-06 | Sex trafficking: Amnesty welcomes Operation Pentameter but calls for protection for trafficking victims | Amnesty UK | |
| Operation Pentameter | ||||
| http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=16890 | ||||
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21-Feb-06 | Drive to help trafficking victims | BBC | |
| Operation Pentameter | ||||
| http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4734554.stm | ||||
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21-Feb-06 | Sex traffickers campaign launch | Channel 4 News | |
| Operation Pentameter | ||||
| http://www.channel4.com/news/content/news-storypage.jsp?id=764775 | ||||
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21-Feb-06 | Police launch campaign against sex trafficking |
Guardian Laura Smith |
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| Operation Pentameter | ||||
| http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,,1714685,00.html?gusrc=rss | ||||
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21-Feb-06 | Sex slave gangs in cop blitz | Mirror | |
| Operation Pentameter | ||||
| http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/tm_objectid=16731811&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=sex-slave-gangs-in-cop-blitz--name_page.html | ||||
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21-Feb-06 | Time to crush the sex barons | Daily Record | |
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Operation Pentameter Opinion "A nationwide campaign to tackle the illegal exploitation of trafficking victims, ‘Operation Pentameter’ will see police, the travel industry, Government and partner agencies across the UK and Europe working together to free innocent victims of this abhorrent crime and tackle the organised criminals responsible for their trafficking and sexual exploitation." http://www.acpo.police.uk/pressrelease.asp?PR_GUID={8BC3D9D6-43AC-4369-8724-6DCAC3656CA6} |
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22-Feb-06 | Airport clampdown on sex traffic trade | Glasgow Evening Times | |
| Operation Pentameter | ||||
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22-Feb-06 | 1000 foreign sex slaves in brothels |
Herald Billy Briggs |
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Operation Pentameter Saunas, lap dancing clubs and escort agencies will be looked at as part of the Operation Pentameter crackdown, and the multi-agency campaign will offer protection and support for victims. |
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22-Feb-06 | 6000 sex slaves | Daily Record | |
| Approx. 7000 women working as escorts in Scotland. Police believe 85% are sex slaves. Operation Pentameter | ||||
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22-Feb-06 | Shock scale of sick trade | Daily Record | |
| Police say that six thousand foreign women are working as sex slaves in Scotland. Slave traders are primarily Lithuanian, Russian and Albanian crime gangs. "Operation Pentameter" - police crackdown on slave traders will combine all 55 forces from Scotland, England, Wales and Ireland. | ||||
| http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/opinion/recordview/tm_objectid=16731582&method=full&siteid=66633&headline=shock-scale-of-sick-trade--name_page.html | ||||
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23-Feb-06 | Ulster MLA Opposes Proposed “Amnesty” for Men Who Use Prostitutes | Lifesite News Terry Vanderheyden |
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| Dr Esmond Birnie, Ulster Unionist Party MLA for South Belfast, condemned proposed amnesty for men who use prostitutes saying that the victims of traffickers deserve better. | ||||
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27-Feb-06 | STOP THE TRAFFICKERS | Mirror | |
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http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16752732&method=full&siteid=94762&headline= stop-the-traffickers--name_page.html |
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28-Feb-06 | EU to fight forced prostitution during major sports events | Euractiv | |
| Request by Sweden. | ||||
| http://www.euractiv.com/en/sports/eu-fight-forced-prostitution-major-sports-events/article-152961 | ||||
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28-Feb-06 | Detectives fear dozen sex slaves held in city | Scotsman | |
| Edinburgh | ||||
| http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=306452006 | ||||
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28-Feb-06 | Sold like a piece of meat | Mirror Victoria Bone |
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| Lithuanian sex trafficking victim. Albanian gang. | ||||
| http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16755029&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=sold-like-a-piece-of-meat--name_page.html | ||||
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