Sex trade safe houses welcomed
Geographic
descriptors: United Kingdom
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2836929.stm
Date
of publication: 10 March, 2003
Abstract:
The Home Office is offering to provide safe houses for women, many of them illegal immigrants, who have escaped or
been rescued from British brothels run by organised crime gangs.
Council
worker jailed over child porn
Geographic
descriptors: United Kingdom
Source: http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/tm_method=full%26objectid=12993277%26siteid=50002-name_page.html
Date of publication:
May 24 2003
Abstract:
Pervert Steven Clewer downloaded grotesque images of children as young as six months
old being sexually abused and passed them on to another man in return for sexual favours.
The
horror of child trafficking
Geographic
descriptors: United Kingdom
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/breakfast/3108819.stm
Date of publication:
30 July, 2003
Abstract:
Thousands of children are being brought to Britain every year, and forced to work as prostitutes, beggars and servants,
according to the international children's rights organisation UNICEF.
TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN MISERY
Geographic descriptors:
United Kingdom
Source: www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=104&ArticleID=1577491
Date of publication:
22 June 2006
Abstract:
Horrifying extent of sex-slave trade: THE extent of sex-trafficking in this country, now slowly being uncovered thanks
principally to the diligence of South Yorkshire Police, begs the question why concerted action aimed at smashing this vile
trade did not begin far earlier.
Warning over UK child trafficking
Geographic
descriptors: United Kingdom
Source:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6264411.stm
Date of publication:
15 January 2007
Abstract:
Young people continue to be smuggled into the UK to be sexually exploited, put to work or forced into marriage, a study
has found.
Not just another
domestic
Geographic
descriptors: United Kingdom
Source:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,,2104428,00.html
Date of publication:
14 February 2007
Abstract:
Dedicated teams of senior prosecutors are to be deployed in the UK's honour killing hotspots in the wake of the failings
exposed this week by the case of a young Kurdish woman murdered by her family.
What life is left after slavery?
Britain's
hidden children
Geographic
descriptors: United Kingdom
Source:
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/6451353.stm
Date of publication:
19 March 2007
Abstract:
When Marie, a young girl from Cameroon, turned up in Manchester at the end of 2004 she was
just one of hundreds of asylum seeking children alone in the city looking for help.
Sex slavery widespread
in England
Geographic
descriptors: United Kingdom
Source:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/6459369.stm
Date of publication:
19 March 2007
Abstract:
Young women tricked into coming to England, often by boyfriends, are being sold off in auctions at airport coffee shops
as soon as they arrive.
Charities Believe Sex Trafficking is a 'Two Way Street'
Geographic descriptors:
United Kingdom
Source:
www.christiantoday.com/article/charities.believe.sex.trafficking.is.a.two.way.street/9995-2.htm
Date of publication:
19 March 2007
Abstract:
Barnabus, a Christian outreach charity which works with people involved in the sex trade in Manchester, has reported
a sharp rise in the number of women from eastern Europe working the streets in the last 12 months.
NSPCC: Statement on announcement of funding for the Child Trafficking Advice and Information
Line
Geographic descriptors:
United Kingdom
Source: www.politics.co.uk/press-releases/domestic-policy/children/child-abuse/nspcc-statement-on-announcement-funding-child-trafficking-advice-and-information-line-$469223.htm
Date of publication:
23 March 2007
Abstract:
The NSPCC welcomes today’s announcement (23 March) that it is to receive over £300,000 from the Home Office,
boosted by funds from Comic Relief,1 to set up a Child Trafficking Advice and Information Line.
Children smuggled
into UK for sex abuse and slavery
Geographic descriptors:
United Kingdom
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,,2100910,00.html
Date of publication: June 12 2007
Abstract:
The trade in hundreds of children smuggled into the UK for sexual exploitation, drug smuggling, under-age marriage,
street crime and domestic slavery was exposed last night in a government report.
Dishonourable
acts
Geographic descriptors:
United Kingdom
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,,2101550,00.html
Date of publication: June 13 2007
Abstract:
Unlike many women under the threat of "honour" violence, Banaz Mahmod didn't suffer in silence. In December 2005 and
January 2006, this 20-year-old Kurdish-born woman from south London told police at least four times that threats had been
made on her life.
Murder victim
told police four times she feared her family: each time in vain
Geographic descriptors:
United Kingdom
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,,2100800,00.html
Date of publication: June 13 2007
Abstract:
Police are failing to protect young women at risk of being murdered by their families in so-called "honour" killings,
despite a high-profile prevention scheme set up four years ago, senior officers have told the Guardian.
Special units to crack down on honour killing
Geographic
descriptors: United Kingdom
Source:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,,2104428,00.html
Date of publication:
June 16 2007
Abstract:
Dedicated teams of
senior prosecutors are to be deployed in the UK's honour killing hotspots in the wake of the
failings exposed this week by the case of a young Kurdish woman murdered by her family.
Undercover police smash paedophile ring posting live abuse online
Geographic
descriptors: United Kingdom
Source:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,,2106177,00.html
Date of publication: June 19 2007
Abstract:
Thirty-one children and babies who were repeatedly abused live for an internet chatroom have been rescued from homes
in the UK and abroad following the biggest international investigation so far into an online paedophile ring.
Report reveals
'epidemic' of domestic abuse
Geographic
descriptors: United Kingdom
Source:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/gender/story/0,,2106563,00.html
Date of publication:
June 19 2007
Abstract:
Doctors' leaders warned of an "unspoken epidemic" of domestic abuse today, which they described as ultimately unquantifiable
because some victims were not believed while others did not realise the abuse they suffered was a crime.
Policeman jailed
for grooming girl
Geographic descriptors:
United Kingdom
Source: http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=54079&in_page_id=34
Date of publication:
21 June 2007
Abstract:
A police officer
with responsibility for monitoring sex offenders in the community tried to lure a 13-year-old into sexual activity using text
messages and the internet, a judge heard today.
