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Human Exploitation and Organised Crime
OCU Detective Inspector Kevin Hyland
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Who are we?

• London's dedicated human trafficking team
• Located in West London
• Victim centred Dedicated victim team
• Work reactively and proactively
• Extensive partners both government and NGO
• Operate locally nationally - internationally

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SCO9 2011-12

• 114 women encountered in brothels of which 75
  displayed indicators of being trafficking (ILO)\.
• 62 cases referred by NGO'S
• Others identified direct
• Of these, the biggest groups are Romanian (28),
  Nigerian (17) and Chinese(15)
• Since April 2010 SCO9 have made 142 arrests for
  trafficking resulting in 55 of all UK
  convictions.

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• Victim Care Our Priority
• Partnerships Essential

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What can trafficking look like in London

• Sexual exploitation
• Forced labour (legal form of work)
• Forced labour (illegal forms of work)
• Domestic servitude
• Other exploitation aimed at the vulnerable
• Children
• Sometimes they cross over

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Operational examples the real tragedy

• No respect for human dignity
• No regards for child welfare
• Physical, sexual and psychological abuse
• Children as young as 22 months
• Men in their 50s
• Threats of violence
• Firearms used

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Romanian Traffickers

Marian Neamu
Alexandra Oaie
Florin Zlate
Aurel-llie Zlate,
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This gang had 142,000 pounds in cash
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Lithuanians and Chinese working together
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Being sold for 3000 Albanian Traffickers
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UK
Belgium
Romania
Forged Malay Passport
Thai Passport
Thailand
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Thai Trafficker

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Russian Traffickers
Ekaterina Kolesnikova
Sergey Konart
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Polish Traffickers

• Vulnerable Polish Nationals targeted across
  Poland
• Duped into believing they will find work in the
  UK
• On arrival forced to sign paperwork
• Some forced into crime
• All abandoned

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British Child Trafficker
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One weeks advertisement in London
EUROPEAN 446 UK 77 Spain 65 Romania 39 Italy
32 Poland 26 Lithuania 23 Czech 22 Sweden
17 Hungary 14 Latvia 8 Albanian 7 Others
53 European other (outside EEA) 33 Russian 30
SE ASIA 193 China 59 Japan 48 Korea 24 Thai
21 Singapore 18 Hong Kong 8 Others 12

• S/AMERICA 50
• Brazil 30
• Others 20

AFRICA 23
Pakistan 3 India 26
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What's the driver
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Challenges

• Different laws
• Corruption or perceived corruption
• Vulnerability
• Access to support for victims
• Credibility
• Working bi-laterally

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Legal Status of Prostitution in Europe
   Prostitution legal and regulated 
Prostitution Illegal No Data
Prostitution (the exchange of sex for money)
legal, but organised activities ( brothels
pimping ) illegal   
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What can we do

• Local partnerships
• National partnerships
• Global partnerships
• All working together

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Where and how does it work

• Nigeria
• Lithuania
• Thailand
• Philippines
• Poland
• Czech Republic
• Bulgaria
• UK

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What more can we do

• Communication
• Cooperate
• Coordination
• Share best practice
• Share intelligence
• Support each other

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My aims of today

• Prevention
• Pastoral care
• Reintegration
• If from today we save one person from the horrors
  of trafficking it has been worth while. However,
  I believe we now have the opportunity to embark
  on a process to save many from this human tragedy