Some 3,222 potential victims of human trafficking were rescued and 17,793 irregular migrants also identified as part of raids carried out at the end of September and beginning of October. “It’s not going to happen overnight, but it’s going to continue to be a massive coordinated effort by many partners”. It’s a growing issue.”The problem is “more than any one country”, he said as he told how the operation shone the “spotlight on the threat that human trafficking presents to the globe”. This led to three suspects being arrested after the National Crime Agency (NCA) found them living in the UK. In many of these cases victims were being “lured with false promises of employment and are kept there through intimidation and abuse”.

Source: The Herald November 06, 2024 17:27 UTC