BASEL - OCT 2013Thinking outside of THE BOX

Joint-Agency Task ForceTargeting Organised Immigration Crime in London

Roddy Llewellyn

Ret. Detective SergeantSpecialist Crime Directorate SCD6Metropolitan Police Service

Is Human Trafficking Anything to do with us?

Human Trafficking in Switzerland

• Wikipedia says that Switzerland is a destination, and to a lesser extent transit country for women trafficked from Bulgaria, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Moldova, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Thailand, Cambodia, Nigeria for the purposes of sexual exploitation. The Swiss authorities noted an increase of persons trafficked from

eastern Europe especially Romania. • Swiss government officials and NGOs reported an

increase in the number of children forced into begging and shoplifting from other parts of Europe

The Metropolitan Police Force was established in

the year 1829 when Sir Robert Peel was

Home Secretary

In 1829 Sir Richard Mayne wrote: "The primary object of an efficient police is the prevention of crime: the next that of detection and punishment of offenders if crime is committed. To these ends all the efforts of police must be directed…

London has 12 million people

Policed by 31,000 police

officers

Perceived roles

Police roles in London

Smuggling or Trafficking ?

Human Smuggling

• Illegal entry of a person

• Relationship ends at the border

• Transaction is made for the smuggling service

• Person is free to leave

Joint Investigation Team - UK and Romania

OPERATION GOLF

Ret Detective Sergeant Roddy LLEWELLYNSlavedetective@gmail.com

Operation Girder

• 2006, Stansted Airport – Anna Puzova

• 21 Children – 18 never identified in UK

• SOCA Investigation - Op Girder

• 8 convictions

• Led to Romanian – ‘Op Europa’

Operation Europa Findings

• 1107 children from Tandarei

• The routes out into Hungary

• The method (cars and mini busses)

• The Criminal Network

• 4 clans all under single titular head

• 67 main subjects

• Europol assessment

Romania

London January 2007 Accession to EU

Romanian crime up 786%Bulgarian crime up 250%

Roma Organised Crime in the UK

Roma

Structure Family

& Clan

Children as a resource to be exploited

Children as a

commercial commodity

TRAFFICKING

WHAT ARE THEY

INVOLVED IN?

Aggressive begging

Shoplifting

Distraction Theft

ATM Shoulder surfing

ATM SkimmingSnatches

Forgery & Benefit fraud

Child & people

trafficking

Violent crime

Preparatory Work 2007/8Informal Cooperation

• Intelligence review• Seconded Romanian officers• Recognition of large scale benefit fraud• Failure of Letters of Request• No JIT = no effective investigation• No funding = no JIT• EC Bid submitted Dec 2007

• 168 Europa victims currently active in the UK

• Over 2,000 UK criminal convictions

• Active in 41 UK police force areas

• 350 child associates

• Hundreds of addresses across the UK

The Financial Element

Each child potential earning > 40,000 Euros per quarter 200 Roma Children = £16 million

Add the benefit crime!

How many children?1000 children = £100 million

Children sold for £20,000 Dowry – £25,000

Slave Families

The money is not spent in the UK

OPERATION GOLF

Money Transfers: Source country UK

Source country: Spain

Source country: Italy

Operation SAFEGUARD

• 26 gang members charged• 181 named victims • Obligations under Article 4 ECHR• Intelligence phase• Practicalities of recovery & safeguarding• Likely fresh THB investigations

22nd December 2010Adrian Radu arrested on EAW

House searched by MPS officers

What is this to do with Us?• Swiss Law passed• One of the strongest

sentencing in Europe• Tier 2 Country. Why? • 26 Convictions in 2012• 50 in 2011?

IS HUMAN TRAFFICKING ANYTHING TO DO WITH YOU

• Your Countries Power as a World Leader.

• third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants

• Your Purchasing Power as an Individual. Fair Trade

• Your Questioning Procedure. • Our Morals as a Human Being

Corporate initiative can play a major role in anti-trafficking movement

gBCAT

The global business coalition against human trafficking needs support from more big brands to make a truly global impact.

gBCAT.org

Athens Action PlanUN Global Initiative

• The Seven Ethical Principles of the Athens Action Plan• Explicitly demonstrate the position of zero tolerance towards trafficking in human

beings, especially women and children for sexual exploitation. • Contribute to prevention of trafficking in human beings including awareness-raising

campaigns and education. • Develop a corporate strategy for anti-trafficking policy which will permeate all our

activities. • Ensure that our personnel fully comply with our anti-trafficking policy. • Encourage business partners, including suppliers, to apply ethical principles against

human trafficking. • In an effort to increase enforcement it is necessary to call on governments to initiate a

process of revision of laws and regulations that are directly or indirectly related to enhancing anti-trafficking policies.

• Report and share information on best practices.

• IS THIS SOMETHING YOU COULD/• SHOULD BE PART OF?

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