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Human Trafficking

I shall come to the question of research and information later, but that figure was among the more reliable ones that we were given as part of the evidence. I should have to work back through to find the particular reference for the hon. Gentleman. I am sure that we can sort that out after the debate if he wants. Human trafficking is run by organised gangs and is a serious global problem; it is the second most serious international crime after the drugs trade. Its consequences can occur in virtually any community in the country and are often unknown to most of the population. My local newspaper ran a report about a"““sex trafficker from Brent Cross who kidnapped a Lithuanian mother””" who had been"““lured to the UK under the pretence that she was going to work as a cleaner in Chelsea Football Club. But after…one shift, she was snatched by sex traffickers and forced to work for a pimp in a dingy west London brothel.””" The report is somewhat salacious, so I shall not read any more. The trafficker was sentenced to two and a half years in prison.