Gathering Information on Traffickers Matthew Thorogood Home Office, UK.
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We must not forget about the crime
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Right to focus on data collection, but behind every number there is a corresponding victim and crime.
Data and trend analysis should be used to drive the operational and policy responses
Are we maximising our ability to act on the information we hold?
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The data and information we hold can be used to combat trafficking more effectively
When we holdinformation
on an individual
Where an individual is not known
to the authorities
• Using EU wide intelligence sharing capabilities. • Ensuring the frontline have access to the information and intelligence
needed to identify and scrutinise those linked to trafficking
• Risk profiles: analysis of datasets to identify high risk groups• Use data to identify current trends: Factor into training and guidance for
frontline staff so they know what to look out for• Engaging the private sector and public so they know what to look out for
and how to report concerns they may have.
• How do we encourage reporting?• Do we need to identify the points where our resources can have the
most impact?
A range of people may come in contact with traffickers and we need effective mechanisms to capture
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– Traffickers owned a Traffickers owned a takeaway Englandtakeaway England
– Their victimTheir victim was 24 years old.
– Lured to the UK on false promise of better life.
– On 23/03/2006, The The victim wasvictim was found dead at premises.
Victim
Let’s look at a UK domestic servitude case
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And this is where she died
• Who came in contact with her traffickers? • Would their information have prevented this death?
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Connecting the intelligence dots
Local Communities, victim management, local authorities,
neighbourhood, crime group mapping
National trafficking specialists, national police, Government, border
and immigration
International European Police agencies, Interpol, border agencies, intel
agencies
Intelligence assessment , analysis and prioritisation
Operational response/investigation/tasking
Information received
Border and immigration
Local police
National police forced
EUROPOL INTERPOLEU Forces
When we do hold information this needs to be shared quickly and effectively – not just logged on a spreadsheet.
Take this case. His profile illiterates how he may be of interest.
He came to UK by coach in 2009
Previously served 11-and-a-half years of a 13-year sentence in another Member State for murder.
Also has convictions in the EU for gross indecency, indecent assault and common assault
Would analysis of our datasets have linked him to other risk indicators?
Traffickers are unlikely to be first time criminals: effective risk profiling can help us identify them
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