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Scotland 2006: Sex Trafficking Also see: Scotland 2006: Prostitution |
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 JANUARY |
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| 01-Jan-06 | Scot held in sex ring bust |
Sunday Mail Charles Lavery |
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Douglas Rankin seized with boys at Indian airport on Christmas day. Accused of masterminding a world-wide child sex trafficking ring. |
| 05-Jan-06 | Trafficking victims could stay | icScotland |
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Special residence permits for victims of human trafficking proposed. |
| FEBRUARY |
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| 17-Feb-06 |
Gangs smuggle sex slaves into Capital from Eastern Europe http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh.cfm?id=249882006 |
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. |
| 21-Feb-06 | Sex slave gangs in cop blitz | Mirror | Operation Pentameter | |
| 21-Feb-06 | Time to crush the sex barons | Daily Record | ||
| 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. | |
| 22-Feb-06 |
1000 foreign sex slaves in brothels http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/56644.html |
Herald Billy Briggs |
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 | |
| 28-Feb-05 | Detectives fear dozen sex slaves held in city | Scotsman | Edinburgh | |
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| 23-Mar-06 | Two arrested over sex trafficking | BBC News | 33-year-old woman and a 37-year-old man detained in Glasgow. First arrests of suspected sex traffickers in Scotland following nationwide crackdown. Police estimate 6,000 female foreign nationals could be working as prostitutes in Scotland - saunas, lap dancing bars and escort agencies. | |
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