More female potential victims of exploitation in the UK than males have been identified by an anti-slavery charity helpline for the first time since it was launched nearly a decade
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Inspectors have warned it was “particularly worrying” Border Force could not find safeguarding referrals for two children at the UK-France border who were later re-trafficked to the UK. An unannounced
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The Government has released footage of migrants being escorted on to planes and deported as Home Secretary Yvette Cooper warned it should be “governments and not gangs” deciding who gets
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More than 8,000 social media accounts linked to people smuggling were taken down following referrals from the National Crime Agency (NCA) last year, the law enforcement body said. This was
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Three men have appeared in court charged with rape and other offences following an investigation into the abuse of two teenage girls in Rotherham. Basharat Dad, 40, Nasser Dad, 44,
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Three men who were involved in a conspiracy to smuggle migrants in boats that kept breaking down across the English Channel have been jailed for a combined total of 14
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The Home Secretary has signed a “landmark” deal with Iraq to crack down on people smuggling and boost border security. Yvette Cooper made the “world-first security” agreement with Federal Government
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Two men have pleaded guilty to running a people-smuggling ring from a car wash in Wales that moved migrants across Europe. Dilshad Shamo (pictured left), 41, originally from Iraq, and
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A people-smuggling ring bringing people through Europe was operated by two men from a car wash in Wales, a court has heard. Dilshad Shamo, 41, and Ali Khdir, 40, are
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Two people smugglers who tried to bring a family-of-five from Afghanistan into the country hidden in a rubbish-filled van have been jailed. The youngest child was “extremely unwell and drifting
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