The UK: Sex Profits Drive Trafficking
UNITED KINGDOM -- How big a problem is it?
No one really knows because accurate figures are hard to find. Police raids last year under Operation Pentameter found 84 trafficked women in different parts of the country, 12 of whom were minors. The officer in charge said teenage virgins fetched as much as £4,000.
Who is behind the trade?
The sex trade is largely run by east European gangs, while Chinese and African criminals are behind much illegal migrant labour trafficking. The profits are vast — second only to drugs. But human trafficking is growing faster. One study suggested there were 264,000 men spending at least £6.6 million a year in massage parlours, saunas and brothels. A House of Lords committee recently heard evidence of the encroachment of sex trafficking into lap dancing, limousine services and escorts.
Where are the victims from?
The majority originates from eastern Europe and the Balkans, or from the Far East, particularly China and Thailand. Britain has seen a growing trend in sex trafficking from within the EU, especially Lithuania and other newly-acceded nations.
READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT Telegraph.co.uk
No one really knows because accurate figures are hard to find. Police raids last year under Operation Pentameter found 84 trafficked women in different parts of the country, 12 of whom were minors. The officer in charge said teenage virgins fetched as much as £4,000.
Who is behind the trade?
The sex trade is largely run by east European gangs, while Chinese and African criminals are behind much illegal migrant labour trafficking. The profits are vast — second only to drugs. But human trafficking is growing faster. One study suggested there were 264,000 men spending at least £6.6 million a year in massage parlours, saunas and brothels. A House of Lords committee recently heard evidence of the encroachment of sex trafficking into lap dancing, limousine services and escorts.
Where are the victims from?
The majority originates from eastern Europe and the Balkans, or from the Far East, particularly China and Thailand. Britain has seen a growing trend in sex trafficking from within the EU, especially Lithuania and other newly-acceded nations.
READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT Telegraph.co.uk
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