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United Kingdom 2004 Sex Trafficking |
 FEBRUARY |
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| 07-Feb-04 | Blair to unveil crime superforce | Guardian Rosie Cowan |
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Organised Crime Agency Fighting global criminal cartels |
| 15-Feb-04 | Slavery fears for 'lost' children | BBC Radio Five Live Matthew Chapman |
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Operation Palladin Child 30 missing children Majority Nigerian |
| 27-Feb-04 | Asylum seeker vice madam | The Sun |
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London Eastern European women Sex Trafficker: Guinara Gadzijeva - 6 yrs prison Olga Chukanova |
| 29-Feb-04 | I saw torment of sex slaves | The Express on Sunday |
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| MARCH |
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| 22-Mar-04 | I was forced into prostitution in London | The Mirror Rosa Prince |
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"Tatiana" victim of Lithuanian Trafficker Guinara Gadzijeva (Through Dublin to London) |
| 25-Mar-04 | Police hail gangmaster raid | Eastern Daily Press Norfolk Ian Clarke |
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"Operation Absent". 43 arrests including Victor Solonka (unconfirmed.) Multi-million pound slave trade network. Eastern Europeans. Note: No mention of sex or lapdancing, however "Gangmasters Licensing Bill" is relevant. |
| APRIL |
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| 14-Apr-04 |
Stowaway team arrests eight |
BBC |
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Swansea 8 arrests. Eastern European (Bulgarian) women. |
| 17-Apr-04 |
Blunkett Pledge after Immigration Racket Smashed http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2793147 |
PA News Rod Minchin |
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Leeds / Sheffield |
| Dozens held in brothel raid http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type =topNews&storyID=494645§ion=news |
Reuters London |
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Leeds / Sheffield Police raid of 2 brothels. Crackdown on organized immigration crime. 47 Eastern European women / 11 men. |
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| 18-Apr-04 | Brothel raid sees 58 arrests | The Observer David Smith |
47 Eastern European women / 11 men. | |
| 'He raped me, saying it was preparation for my new job' | The Observer | Albanian "Mariana" age 15 | ||
| JULY |
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| 06-Jul-04 | Welcome to Heathrow, would all child slaves please go to Customs now. . . (note: Google cache) | Express on Sunday | ||
| 12-Jul-04 | Britain Should Protect Sex Victims |
Guardian Ed Vulliamy |
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| AUGUST |
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| 14-Aug-04 | £2.5M Funding to tackle | Scunthorpe Telegraph |
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Humberside |
| 19-Aug-04 | Charity exposes London's secret sex trade | Telegraph | Poppy Project | |
| 19-Aug-04 | London's sex trade 'like a slave market' |
Guardian Press Assoc. |
Poppy Project | |
| 20-Aug-04 | Plight of London's hidden prostitutes revealed | Guardian | Poppy Project | |
| OCTOBER |
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| 01-Oct-04 | Sex arrests | South London Press |
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| 03-Oct-04 | Refugees needed to curb sex trade |
The Observer Jamie Doward |
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| NOVEMBER |
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| 05-Nov-04 | Raids net 13 suspected of human | Guardian |
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Operation Maxim Turks trafficked into UK |
| 14-Nov-04 | Pole dancers just want to have fun |
The Observer Lorna Martin |
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Arguments re: exploitation of lapdancers |
| 21-Nov-04 | Law to target men who fuel sex trade |
The Observer Gaby Hinsliff |
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| 26-Nov-04 | Paying the Price A Consultation Paper on Prostitution |
British Home Office Prostitution Review Team |
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Home Office: Consultation paper on prostitution. |
| 30-Nov-04 | Teenager's pimp caged for six years |
Edgware Times Danny Brierley |
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Niki Dimitrov |
| DECEMBER |
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| 09-Dec-04 | Paradise Next Door |
Barnet Times Peter Stebbings |
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Niki Dimitrov |
| 20-Dec-04 | Government defeats ID card rebellion |
UPI Hannah K Strange |
ID Cards to combat human | |
| Rebel Bid Fails to Block Id Cards Plans |
Scotland on Sunday Trevor Mason Joe Churcher |
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| 22-Dec-04 | Men forced pair to be prostitutes | BBC | ||
| 23-Dec-04 |
How the evil trade spread to Sheffield http://www.sheffieldtoday.net?SectionID= 58&ArticleID=910284 |
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| 23-Dec-04 | Immigrants jailed for sex |
Telegraph Paul Stokes |
Traffickers: Taulant Merdanaj Elidon Bregu |
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Sex slaves trafficker is jailed for 18 years http://www.sheffieldtoday.net?SectionID=58&ArticleID=910281 |
Sheffield Today |
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| Women's sex slave nightmare |
Yorkshire Post Rob Waugh |
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| 24-Dec-04 | Sex slave traders jailed |
Daily Express Richard Moriarty |
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