“This was the first occasion when the Court of Appeal has considered the problem of child trafficking for labour exploitation. It has not previously been subject to any close analysis following the coming into force in 2005 of the European Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 22nd February 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Regina v N(A); Regina v Le [2012] EWCA Crim 189; [2012] WLR (D) 38
“The implementation of the United Kingdom’s obligation to comply with article 26 of the Council of Europe Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings 2005 would normally be achieved by the proper exercise of the long established prosecutorial discretion which enabled the Crown Prosecution Service, however strong the evidence might be, to decide that it would be inappropriate to proceed with the prosecution of a defendant suspected of being involved in unlawful activities if he/she might have been the victim of trafficking for labour exploitation and might be unable to advance duress as a defence but who fell within the protective ambit of article 26.”
WLR Daily, 20th February 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“The ‘evil’ crime of trafficking in human beings was highlighted by leading judges today.”
The Independent, 20th February 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Children’s Commissioner has said it would have to ‘consider’ a possible review of how rescued trafficked children are cared for before agreeing to take it on.”
The Independent, 16th February 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The victims of human trafficking, including women forced into the sex industry or trapped as unpaid domestic servants, are being unfairly treated as criminals and illegal immigrants, an inquiry has found.”
The Guardian, 27th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A self-styled evangelical archbishop who claimed he could deliver ‘miracle babies’ to infertile women in Britain is to be extradited to his home country of Kenya to face accusations of child abduction.”
The Guardian, 21st September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An HIV expert has been jailed for keeping a 21-year-old woman as a slave.”
The Guardian, 11th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A girl who spent her childhood imprisoned in a brothel before being trafficked into the UK for sexual exploitation should not be treated as an adult, her lawyer argued on Wednesday.”
The Guardian, 20th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The failure of police and prosecutors to enforce a law that criminalises men who pay for sex with trafficked women is jeopardising the attempt to tackle human trafficking into Britain.”
The Guardian, 19th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Today’s strategy sets out a plan for supporting victims and better intelligence and enforcement in the UK and abroad, to prevent people being trafficked to the UK.”
Home Office, 19th July 2011
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Regina v K [2011] EWCA Crim 1691; [2011] WLR (D) 231
“Slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour were core elements of the criminal offence of trafficking into the United Kingdom for exploitation and failing to remunerate at the national minimum wage was not determinative of guilt.”
WLR Daily, 8th July 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“The first man to be convicted of trafficking females out of the UK, in a case involving two Nigerian girls, has been jailed.”
BBC news, 7th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Women and children who it is suspected have been trafficked into the UK should no longer be treated as criminals, according to new guidance to prosecutors issued by the Crown Prosecution Service.”
The Guardian, 3rd July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Iain Duncan Smith is to warn about the threat posed by human trafficking as the think tank he founded launches a review of efforts to combat slavery.”
BBC News, 15th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A major inquiry into human trafficking will be launched this week amid claims that slavery remains as much of a problem in modern Britain as when it was abolished more than 200 years ago.”
The Observer, 12th June 2011
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/
“A mother has been jailed for seven years for attempting to sell her baby for £35,000.”
The Guardian, 27th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has been ordered to pay £5,000 each to four women for failing to investigate allegations of slavery.”
BBC News, 2oth May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The sexual grooming of children in the UK is a much bigger problem than has previously been recognised, the government has said.”
The Guardian, 17th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Moldovan woman who was a victim of sex trafficking and forced into prostitution has obtained substantial damages from the Home Office.”
BBC News, 11th April 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A charity is calling on the Home Office to halt the forced deportation of a trafficked Ghanian woman who was forced into prostitution and who is HIV positive.”
The Guardian, 1st April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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