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© Home Office / Crown Publications

Human Trafficking

& Modern Day

Slavery

Cleveland Police

Headquarters

5 September 2014

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© Home Office / Crown Publications

Welcome &

Introduction

Barry Coppinger Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner

Vera Baird QC Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner

Alan Reiss Durham Police & Crime Commissioner Chief of Staff

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Setting the Scene

Allan Doherty Hope for Justice

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Hope for Justice

Hope for Justice is a charitable organisation that exists to see the end of human

trafficking and slavery in the UK, in our generation.

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What is Human Trafficking?

3 Elements • The Act, what is done, i.e. recruitment, transportation,

harbouring or receipt of persons

• The Means, how it’s done, i.e. threats or use of force, coercion, abduction, deception or abuse of power

• The Purpose why it’s done, i.e. the type of exploitation

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Types of Trafficking

• Sexual Exploitation

• Forced Labour

• Domestic Servitude

• Criminal Activity

• Organ Harvesting

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Types of Trafficking

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Nationality of Victims

UKHTC: National Referral Mechanism Statistics 2013

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General Indicators Signs of being controlled including:

• Being fearful of police/authorities

• Being fearful of the trafficker, believing their lives or family members’ lives are at risk if they escape

• Exhibit signs of physical and psychological trauma e.g. anxiety, lack of memory of recent events, bruising, untreated conditions

• Be fearful of telling others about their situation

• Be unaware they have been trafficked

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General Indicators

• Have limited freedom of movement

• Be unpaid or paid very little

• Have limited access to medical and dental care

• Seem to be in debt to someone

• Have no passport/ID documents or someone else is holding them

• Be regularly moved to avoid detection

• Be controlled by use of witchcraft e.g. Ju Ju

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• Identifies victims

• Ensures victims receive appropriate support and protection

• Allows the collection of statistics

• Provides a 45 day reflection and recovery period

National Referral Mechanism

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National Referral Mechanism

To be referred into the NRM, potential victims must be referred by an authorised agency,

known as the ‘first responder’,

to a ‘competent authority’.

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First Responders • Police forces • UK Border Force • Home Office Immigration and Visas • Gangmasters Licensing Authority • Local Authorities • Health and Social Care Trusts (Northern Ireland) • Specific NGOs

– The Salvation Army – Poppy Project – Migrant Help – Medaille Trust – Kalayaan – Barnados – Unseen – TARA Project (Scotland) – NSPCC (CTAC) – BAWSO – New Pathways

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Competent Authorities in the UK

• The UK Human Trafficking Centre

– Deals with referrals from the police, local authorities, and NGOs

• The Home Office Immigration and Visas

– Deals with referrals identified as part of the immigration process, e.g. where trafficking may be an issue as part of an asylum claim

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How can Hope for Justice help ?

A charitable organisation with four aims:

• Investigate and Rescue victims

• Assist Aftercare from victim to survivor to overcomer

• Perpetrator Accountability, criminal or civil

• Campaign, Raise awareness and Train front line professionals

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Since 2013 Hope for Justice

Directly Rescued

83 victims victims

Assisted

143

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Operation Angelstoke

• Multi-agency partner operation

• Pre-planned

• Victim reception centre

• Hope for Justice engaged with victims who were unwilling to cooperate with police

• Hope for Justice provided assistance with entering the victims into the NRM

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Convictions

»

2013 2014

1 trafficker convicted for forced labour

2 traffickers convicted for exploitation into and within the UK

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Orsos Illes 5 years 3 years

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Training

So far in 2014, Hope for Justice has trained 939 professionals how to spot the signs of human trafficking, including:

- 280 who work for NGOs

- 357 who work for local authorities

- 292 police

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West Yorkshire PCC funding

• Hope for Justice won a bid from the Ministry of Justice via West Yorkshire PCC

• Committed to training over 3000 Police and Local Authority and NGO professionals within West Yorkshire this financial year

• Anti-trafficking Network

• Purpose Project

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0845 519 7402

[email protected]

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Human Trafficking &

Modern Day Slavery:

The International

Perspective

Judith Kirton-Darling

MEP

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Human Trafficking &

Modern Day Slavery:

The National Perspective

Liam Vernon UK Human Trafficking Centre

Organised Crime Command

National Crime Agency

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OFFICIAL

Modern Slavery

UK National Perspective

Liam Vernon

UK Human Trafficking Centre

5th September 2014

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OFFICIAL

SUMMARY

• UK Modern Slavery threats

• UK national response

• EU threats

• EU law enforcement response

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OFFICIAL

Current Victim Trends - UK

• Nigeria – mostly females for sex exploitation and girls for domestic servitude

• Vietnam – boys for labour exploitation and females for sex exploitation

• China – adult labour exploitation and adult female sex exploitation

• Romania –men for labour, children for labour and women for sex exploitation

• Poland - men for labour, children for criminal exploitation

• Lithuania – men for labour

• Slovakia – men for labour, children for criminal exploitation

• Hungary – men for labour

• Czech Rep – men for labour, women for sex

• UK – girls for sexual exploitation and men for labour

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OFFICIAL

Labour exploitation - UK

National Crime Agency find that:

• Reported victims for labour exploitation exceeded those for sexual exploitation in the last six months

• Key source countries include UK, Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Romania, Lithuania and Hungary

• Sectors include agriculture, factories, food processing, construction, domestic work, fisheries, car washes

• Good practice developed with multi-agency victim reception centres

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OFFICIAL

UK national response

• Modern Slavery Bill – new powers, Commissioner

• Modern Slavery Strategic Plan – launch Autumn 2014

• Ministerial led Stakeholder Group » IDMG

• Minister monthly meeting

• NRM review – to report Autumn 2014

• E&W adult victim care contract – for 2015

• Strategic Governance Group – OIC & Modern Slavery

• Modern Slavery – A High Priority threat

* Scotland and Northern Ireland participate in these or have similar arrangements

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OFFICIAL

Modern Slavery Threat Group

• Framework of Pursue, Prevent, Protect and Prepare

• Coordinated by NCA, reports to National LE Leaders

• Focus is on OC and National Control Strategy

• Is multi-disciplinary: LEA/Gov’t/ NGO/Academia

• Activity against key objectives in Strategic Action Plan

• Reports through a key threat narrative to the quarterly Threat Group – Chaired by Mr Pennant and CC Sawyer

• Modern Slavery – A High Priority threat

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OFFICIAL

Modern Slavery Threat Group

• Operational objectives for the group include:

1. Increased intelligence sharing to disrupt OCG’s

2. Activity in priority source countries to reduce threat

3. Identify and disrupt OCG’s

4. Identify and disrupt cases of child trafficking

5. Improve awareness of trafficking for labour exploitation

6. Target criminal finances

7. Identify and share best practice of investigations

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OFFICIAL

NCA Support to Regions

• Each ROCU has an NCA Coordinator and team

• Partnerships at senior level – Director Force Intelligence

• Link in to wider NCA resources through tasking

• Oversee all high priority crime groups including Modern Slavery

• Intelligence support – Intelligence Hub assessments – UKHTC intelligence disseminations - operations

• Operations – link for developing cases and common action days

• Provision of specialist and NCA niche capabilities to tackle the criminal groups involved in Modern Slavery

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OFFICIAL

NCA Support to Forces

• Specialist support from OC Command – UKHTC

1. 24/7 Tactical advice – shared with Force SPOC

2. NRM case management EEA nationals

3. Intelligence development – disruptive/investigative and duty of care cases identified and disseminated

4. Thematic and trend assessment products each quarter

5. Development/ sharing of best practice to National Policing Lead and front line staff

• OC Command has Strategic lead for Modern Slavery in NCA

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OFFICIAL

THB threats in the EU

Europol find that: • Levels of intra-EU trafficking are escalating

• OCG’s are flexible and adapt to changes in legislation and

law enforcement tactics

• The number of cross-border investigations should be increased

• THB remains low risk and high profitability

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OFFICIAL

Labour exploitation - EU

Europol find that: • THB serves well established criminal markets and

businesses involved in labour exploitation in the EU

• Sexual exploitation is reported more than labour exploitation

• The exploitation of social welfare systems is linked to labour exploitation

• Legal business structures are used by OCG’s

• Source countries include Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Romania, Moldova and Ukraine

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OFFICIAL

EU Policy cycle 2014-2017

• Under Lisbon Treaty – In 2010 Justice and Home affairs Council implemented a new model and policy cycle to tackle serious and organised crime: named EMPACT

• A pilot phase ran from 2011-2013 and from 2014-2017 a new strategic cycle instigated

• THB is 1 of 12 EU organised crime threats – taken from Europol serious organised crime threat assessment 2013

• Led by UK and Netherlands involving 23 other EU MS, Switzerland, Europol, Eurojust, EC, Frontex, CEPOL, Interpol and EEAS.

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OFFICIAL

EU Policy cycle 2014-2017

It’s key features are:

• EU Serious Organised Crime Threat assessment (SOCTA) developed by Europol to identify the threats

• Intelligence-led and targeted approach to crime control

• Focus on the identification, analysis and ‘management’ of persisting and developing ‘problems’ or ‘risks’

• Partnership approach across MS, EU agencies, 3rd countries and public/ private

• Proactive and reactive measures

• 4 year Multi-Annual strategic Plan (MASP) adopted by COSI

• MS and EU agencies convert this into a Operational Action Plan for each priority

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OFFICIAL

Any Questions?

Liam Vernon

NCA – UKHTC

T: 08447782406

M: 07500064386

[email protected]

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Human Trafficking &

Modern Day Slavery:

The Local Perspectives

Detective Superintendent

Paul Goundry Durham Constabulary

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Human Trafficking &

Modern Day Slavery

Where are we in County Durham ?

D/Superintendent Paul Goundry

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Child and adult victims

• Forced Labour

• Sexual Exploitation

•Domestic Servitude

• Begging/stealing

•Organ harvesting

• Benefit fraud

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January 2014

Durham Constabulary submitted the required data return to ACPO for intelligence in regard to Modern day Slavery and trafficking for April 2012 to December 2013.

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Classifications Labour

Exploitation Sexual

Exploitation Domestic

Servitude Forced

Marriage Organ

Harvesting

Intelligence: (Number of)

Mapped OCGs: 1 2 0 0 0

Intelligence Development

Operations/Intelligence Cells: 0 0 0 2 0

Intelligence Submissions: 12 18 0 5 0

Subject / Problem Profiles Created:

(Please specify a point of contact

where appropriate) 0 3 0 0 0

Additional Comments: (Please expand or attach further details if required)

For Example - issues around details, intelligence gaps, Source Information and recognition as Human Trafficking Intelligence. D/Supt Goundry , Safeguarding Unit,

lead for all above issues. Further CSE profiles to be completed April 2014 in conjunction with Missing & Exploited Group, coordinator Helen Murphy. CEOP On & Offline profiles completed 2013, plus one further area specific analysis. CSE Profiles

highlighted no links to modern slavery or trafficking.

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Performance: (Number of)

Reported Incidents: (Are any of these incidents linked?)

0 0 0 3 0

Reported Crimes:* (Please include a breakdown in crime classification where possible)

0 0 0 0 0

Charges: 0 0 0 0 0 Brought to Justice Outcomes: 0 0 0 0 0

NRM Referrals Made: (National Referral Mechanism) 0 0 0 0 0

Intelligence

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But what do we know 2014

• Detailed CSE Profile Produced

• Dozens of Car Washes often with transient

workers,

• Growing Trend in Nail Bars.

• Cannabis Grows found weekly

• Six Companies registered as Gangmasters in

County Durham

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Escort or Exploited

AGE LOCATION INCALLS OUTCALLS UNPROTECTED

22 Darlington Yes No Yes 23 Darlington Yes No Yes 22 Darlington Yes No No 20 Darlington Yes No No

28 North Road, Darlington Yes No No

22 Darlington Yes No No 21 Darlington Yes No Yes 29 Darlington Yes No No 25 Darlington Yes No Yes 30 Darlington Yes Yes No

42 Darlington Yes Yes No 26 Darlington No Yes No

33

Darlington

Teeside

Sunderland Newcastle No Yes No

25 Co. Durham Darlington No Yes No

35 Darlington Yes Yes No 34 Richmond Yes Yes No 19 Darlington Yes Yes No 21 Darlington No Yes No

23 Newcastle Darlington No Yes No

AGE LOCATION INCALLS OUTCALLS UNPROTECTED

22

Darlington, Durham

Bishop Auckland, Middlesbrough No Yes No

27 Darlington No Yes No 27 Darlington No Yes No

33 Co. Durham Darlington Yes No No

19 Darlington No Yes No 41 Darlington Yes Yes No 40 North East Yes Yes No 27 Darlington Yes Yes No 25 Darlington Yes Yes No 22 Darlington Yes Yes No 31 Darlington Yes Yes No

24 Darlington No Yes No

35 Bishop Auckland Darlington Yes Yes No

58 Darlington No Yes No 20 Darlington No Yes No

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The Way Forward

• Governance

• Clear Marker on our command and control

systems and Intelligence to ID our HD&MDS

and understand the full picture.

• Pro-active in understanding the labour

market where links to slavery have been

seen elsewhere

• Work more closely with GLA and use their

expertise.

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The Way Forward

• Strengthen Liaison with Health/Third Sector

to work alongside and with Escorts and

workers in the sex industry.

• Communication plan and training to raise

awareness in Police Front line.

• Ncalt E-Learning compulsory.

• Appoint Senior Officer as Force Lead

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Human Trafficking &

Modern Day Slavery:

The Local Perspectives

Superintendent

Alastair Simpson Cleveland Police

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‘Human Trafficking and

domestic servitude – the local

picture’

Superintendent Alastair Simpson

Cleveland Police

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A victim’s story

At the age of 16 the victim, an orphan, was sent by

his foster parents to Russia from his home in

Vietnam. He stayed in Russia for 6 years, working

in a restaurant. He was then told he was coming to

the UK, which he was happy about. He travelled to

the UK in a truck with a number of others, in a

journey that lasted several days, arriving in London

in August 2013.

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A victim’s story

He was taken to a restaurant and worked as a

waiter and pot washer, and went on to work at a

clothes factory. He was given accommodation but

never paid any money. In May 2014, he was taken

from London to a house in the Cleveland area. He

was given some food and told to look after some

(cannabis) plants. He didn’t leave as he had been

threatened and was told he still owed money to the

males who took him there.

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Statistics

3 referrals to UKHTC in 2014

13 pieces of intelligence suggesting possible

involvement of victims or perpetrators in Human

Trafficking, Labour exploitation and domestic

servitude in last 12 months.

37 offences of non-familial child sexual

exploitation in 2013-14

3 arrests for internal trafficking for sexual

exploitation in 2013 (Op. Fibre).

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A wider view The Cleveland area has some of the highest

deprivation levels in the country.

Unemployment levels are nearly double the

national average

The proportion of non-UK nationals within the

local population has seen a substantial increase

since 2006.

Teesport is one of the busiest container ports in

the country

In the last 12 months, over 1500 foreign

nationals from nearly 100 different countries of

origin were arrested in Cleveland.

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A wider view

Organised criminal gangs have used premises

in Cleveland to run commercial cannabis farms,

using non-UK nationals as ‘farmers’.

The sexual exploitation of children and

vulnerable people takes place in this area.

93 vulnerable people are currently subject to

VEMT groups across Cleveland.

Sex workers are particularly vulnerable due to

abusive relationships, drug and alcohol

dependency

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So what?

It is likely that the following aspects of

modern day slavery are taking place in our

area:

Labour exploitation

Sexual exploitation

Domestic Servitude

Internal trafficking

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How would a trafficking victim

present?

Signs of self harm

Untreated or neglected injuries

Poor physical condition

Anxiety / hesitation / confusion

Passivity / Obedience – not used to making own

decisions

No ID documents or mobile phone

Can’t speak without controlling person present

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Where would a trafficking

victim present?

Fast food restaurants / takeaways

Cannabis farms

Farming, fisheries and building trades

Care homes

Overcrowded housing

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Misconceptions

There must be elements of restraint or

physical force.

Trafficked victims are always brought to

the country illegally

Trafficked victims are always foreign

nationals

Trafficking is only perpetrated by

sophisticated organised gangs.

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Now what?

Intelligence requirement

Raising awareness

Use the National Referral Mechanism

Increase the skills of our investigators

Safeguarding board focus

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Intelligence requirement

Are people being forced into labour, domestic, sexual

exploitation, forced marriage and/or criminal activity?

Who is doing this (lone offenders and/or organised

groups)?

Who are the victims and what nationality/country are

they from?

How are offenders identifying, targeting and controlling

their victims?

Where is this occurring (residential, commercial and/or

other properties and locations)?

How are people being brought into Cleveland or

transported from Cleveland?

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The most important thing we can do is to

believe and help the victims of human

trafficking and domestic servitude when

they have the courage to come forward.

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Human Trafficking &

Modern Day Slavery:

The Local Perspectives

Detective Chief Inspector

Steve Barron Northumbria Police

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• Introduction including the impact of the Violence

Against Women And Girls delivery plan.

• Examples of human trafficking intelligence received

by Northumbria Police in the last twelve months.

• Operation Sanctuary.

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www.cleveland.pcc.police.uk www.cleveland.pcc.police.uk

‘Your Force Your Voice’

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• Operation Shelter - The investigation into a series

of serious sexual offences, including human

trafficking, committed against vulnerable women

and girls and occurring predominantly in the West

End of Newcastle.

• Operation Shield - The Forcewide investigation

into a series of sexual offences committed

against women and girls by taxi drivers and

bogus taxi drivers.

• Operation Jupiter - The investigation into a series

of serious sexual offences committed against

vulnerable women and girls in the

Sunderland/Wearside area.

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Trafficking in persons’ shall mean the recruitment,

transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of

persons, by means of the threat or use of force or

other forms of coercion, or abduction, of fraud, of

deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of

vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of

payments of benefits to achieve the consent of a

person having control over another person, for the

purposes of exploitation.

Exploitation shall include, at a minimum, the

exploitation of the prostitution of others or other

forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or

services, slavery or practices similar to slavery,

servitude or the removal of organs.

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• Multiple offenders trafficking vulnerable women and girls to

dwellings for the purpose of sexual exploitation. At these

scenes multiple male offenders supply the victims with alcohol

and drugs before subjecting them to serious sexual offences.

• Children and young people are vulnerable solely due to their

age, who also may have additional influences in their lives

that increases their vulnerability have been trafficked from

various locations, including their homes or areas in the

community, and this can also include the residence identified

for them by the Local Authority if they are looked after children

• 'Lone wolf' offenders engaging/ grooming vulnerable women

and girls and then trafficking such victims to venues to be

abused as above. This method has again sometimes involved

a female facilitator encouraging/ transporting the victims.

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• Full liaison with the UK Human Trafficking Centre and CEOP.

• Use of a full time, embedded children's social worker.

• Use of two dedicated adult social care workers.

• Use of SCARPA to engage with repeat missing people and those

deemed at risk of Child Sexual Exploitation.

• The Senior Investigating Officer (SIO) attending four weekly complex

case abuse meetings with partners.

• The SIO chairing weekly partnership meetings with senior managers

from Children's Services from Newcastle and Northumberland.

• Partnership working to place six particularly vulnerable victims into

secure accommodation.

• The use of a partnership strategy which ensured that every potential

victim was subject to an individual, multi agency strategy or

information sharing meeting.

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Gangmasters

Licensing

Authority

Paul Broadbent Chief Executive

Gangmasters Licensing Authority

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Human Trafficking

& Modern Slavery

Paul Broadbent

CEO

• Working in partnership to protect vulnerable and exploited workers

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Slavery, servitude, forced or compulsory

labour – Modern Slavery Act 2014

• holds another person in slavery or servitude and

the circumstances are such that the person knows

or ought to know that the other person is held in

slavery or servitude, or

• the person requires another person to perform

forced or compulsory labour and the

circumstances are such that the person knows or

ought to know that the other person is being

required to perform forced or compulsory labour.

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Types of Modern Slavery

• Bonded Labour*

• Forced Labour*

• Forced Marriage

• Sexual Exploitation

• Criminal Exploitation

• Organ Harvesting

• Egg Harvesting

• Trafficking*

• Domestic Servitude*

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Indicators – Power and Profit

• No or limited access to earnings or labour contract

• High dependency on employer for services – work,

transport, accommodation

• Restriction of movement/confinement to workplace

• Limited social contact

• Imposed place of accommodation

• Evidence of control including movement

• Found in/connected to known area of exploitation

• Threats against person or family

FEAR & HOPE

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Scale & Nature of Problem – forced labour

• Worldwide 21 million

• Europe 880,000

• UK Temp. Workers 1.6m

• UK 3-5000

• Prevalent wherever low paid, low skilled, high

demand labour is required.

• Agriculture, food processing, cleaning, catering,

construction, car wash, care homes, charity bags,

leaflet drops

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Scale & Nature of Problem 2013

• Potential victims through NRM 1,746 = 47%

increase year on year (566 Q1 – 2014)

• Victims for labour exploitation exceeds sexual

exploitation for first time 511, 141, 581

• Approx. 300 current live investigations

• Young men more than women

• Trawlers, Nail Bars, Cannabis farms,

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UK Response

• Legislation – Modern Slavery Bill, NI, Scotland

• Home Secretary led Governance

• Modern Slavery Minister

• Public Commentary

• Home Office Modern Slavery Plan – victim

focussed

• National Policing Lead

• Home Office Campaign

• Migration – Illegal working - GLA

• Pockets of excellent practice

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The GLA

• Who - NDPB, 68, significant risk

• What – Regulate & police provision of labour

• Where - UK

• When - 2005 onwards

• How - compliance, enforcement, consent

• Investigate, impact statement, expert witness,

stakeholder liaison

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Target dismantle and disrupt serious &

organised crime/early identification of human

trafficking

Provide effective, meaningful

engagement with stakeholders thereby enhancing reputation

Work with industry to recognise & address

non compliance without formal GLA

intervention

Tackle tax evasion, HSE negligence, fraud,

breaches of employment and other

law/regulations

Maintain credible licensing scheme

creating level playing field & promoting

growth

Identify & tackle forced/bonded labour

by licensed & unlicensed

Gangmasters

Tackling

unlicensed/criminal

activity & ensuring

those licensed operate

within the law

Protecting

vulnerable

workers

Preventing

worker

exploitation

PROUD

Values &

Principles

Working in

partnership to protect

vulnerable and

exploited workers

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Compliance and Enforcement

• Regulatory - 8 civil standards

• Application and compliance inspections

• 1151 licences

• Law enforcement - Criminal offences

• Power of arrest, search, seizure

• Prosecution - conviction

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2005 2014

• Localised National/Multinational/International

• Immigration Migration

• Standard Complex/Sophisticated

• Exploitation Exploitation + +

rogue landlords

forced labour

bonded labour

intimidation/violence

modern slavery

Limited resources – unlimited risks

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Mercedes GLA

They even named a car after us

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GLA Subject Experts

• Foremost Investigation Agency

• Tactical Advice

• Entire labour market

• Expert witness, impact statements

• @UK_gla

• 0800 432 0804

[email protected]

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Human Trafficking

Research

Dr Evi Boukli Teesside University

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Research on

Human Trafficking

Dr. Evi Boukli

Senior Lecturer in Criminology

School of Social Sciences, Business & Law

5th September 2014

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Structure & Key Points

• Introduction

• Research background

• Challenges from the fieldwork

• Thinking through these challenges & need

for improving Functionality,

Communication & Cooperation (FCC)

• Recommendations

• Closing remarks

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Background • Criminology, Sociology and Law

• 2002-2005 - Practical qualification working

with the Psychiatric Hospital of Athens,

Greece

• 2007 - London School of Economics, MSc

• 2008 – London School of Economics, PhD

• Trafficking in women – Greek Case Study

& Criminological theory

• 2012 - Birkbeck Law School

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Focus on legislation & Greece

• UN Palermo

Protocol

• EU Anti-trafficking

Convention

• Law 3064/2002 and

PD 233/2003

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Victims’ Services in the Greek

Case Study

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Source:

http://www.astynomia.gr/index.php?option=ozo_content&lang=%27..%27&perform=view&id=302&Itemid=255&lang=EN

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Key Challenges

• “Dark figure”

• Complex academic debates – unclear priorities

• Cooperation

• Interagency communication & synchronisation

• Functionality

• Funding

• Clear targets & publicising outcomes

• Raising public awareness

• Utilising the education system

• Incorporating human rights

• Acknowledging structural

vulnerabilities

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Cooperation

• Inter-state

• Inter-agency (operational plans)

• Bilateral Agreements:

02/2006 between the Albanian & the

Greek Government aimed at assisting

Albanian children trafficked into Greece

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Communication & Functionality

• Lack of knowledge & sensitisation

• Communicating objectives

• Working with/educating the public & agencies

• Ongoing engagement

• Making strategic decisions that engage the community

• Gradually acknowledging

“root causes”

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Suggestions: improving FCC

• Functionality increased through academic

institutions

• Raising awareness

Awareness of gender-based violence

Awareness of structural inequalities that

influence criminality & movement

• Strengthening cooperation

with/within communities

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Thank you

& I look forward to hearing from you…

Dr. Evi Boukli

[email protected]

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Young People as

Peer Supporters

Abbie Rodgers

Caitlin Boy Barnardos

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Next Steps

Barry Coppinger Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner

Vera Baird QC Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner

Alan Reiss Durham Police & Crime Commissioner Chief of Staff