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Human Exploitation andHuman Exploitation andOrganised Crime OCUOrganised Crime OCU

Detective Inspector Kevin HylandDetective Inspector Kevin Hyland

SC&O 9SC&O 9

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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SC&O9 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 SC&O9 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

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 50’s

• Threats of violence

• Firearms used

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Romanian Traffickers

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Marian Neamu

Florin Zlate

Aurel-llie Zlate,

Alexandra Oaie

This gang had 142,000 pounds

in cash

Lithuanians and Chinese working together

Being sold for £3000Being sold for £3000

Albanian TraffickersAlbanian Traffickers

Thai Passport

Thailand

RomaniaForged Malay Passport

BelgiumUK

Thai Trafficker

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Russian Traffickers

Ekaterina Kolesnikova

Sergey Konart

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

British Child Trafficker

One weeks advertisement in LondonEUROPEAN 446UK 77Spain 65Romania 39Italy 32Poland 26Lithuania 23Czech 22Sweden 17Hungary 14Latvia 8Albanian 7Others 53

European other (outside EEA) 33Russian 30

SE ASIA 193China 59Japan 48Korea 24Thai 21Singapore 18Hong Kong 8Others 12

S/AMERICA 50

Brazil 30

Others 20

AFRICA 23

Pakistan 3India 26

What's the driver

Challenges

• Different laws

• Corruption or perceived corruption

• Vulnerability

• Access to support for victims

• Credibility

• Working bi-laterally

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  

What can we do

• Local partnerships

• National partnerships

• Global partnerships

• All working together

Where and how does it work

• Nigeria

• Lithuania

• Thailand

• Philippines

• Poland

• Czech Republic

• Bulgaria

• UK

What more can we do

• Communication

• Cooperate

• Coordination

• Share best practice

• Share intelligence

• Support each other

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