1. SC&O 9 Human Exploitation and Organised Crime OCU Detective Inspector Kevin Hyland TOTAL POLICING

2. 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 TOTAL POLICING

3. 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. TOTAL POLICING

4. Victim Care Our Priority Partnerships Essential TOTAL POLICING

5. 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

6. 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

7. TOTAL POLICING

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9. Romanian Traffickers Marian Neamu Alexandra Oaie Florin Zlate Aurel-llie Zlate, TOTAL POLICING

12. This gang had 142,000 pounds in cash

13. Lithuanians and Chinese working together

15. Being sold for £3000 Albanian Traffickers

17. UK Belgium Romania Forged Malay Passport Thai Passport Thailand

18. Thai Trafficker

19. Russian Traffickers Sergey Konart Ekaterina Kolesnikova TOTAL POLICING

20. 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

21. British Child Trafficker

22. 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

23. What's the driver

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

25. 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

26. What can we do • Local partnerships • National partnerships • Global partnerships • All working together

27. Where and how does it work • Nigeria • Lithuania • Thailand • Philippines • Poland • Czech Republic • Bulgaria • UK

28. What more can we do • Communication • Cooperate • Coordination • Share best practice • Share intelligence • Support each other

30. 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