human trafficking

Millions of people are forced into human trafficking every year. An Garda Síochána announced this week that will be participating in an EMPACT (European Multidisciplinary Platform Against Criminal Threats) joint-action operation against human trafficking between 6th and 13th June 2022. The operation was implemented alongside participating European law enforcement authorities, Europol and Interpol. Between 6th […]

4 years ago

We need to do better. Recent research has found that Ireland is one of the worst countries in Europe for combatting human trafficking. According Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report Ireland places second behind Romania for the weakest EU state when it comes to dealing with human trafficking. The Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report refers to […]

5 years ago

The Trace An Object campaign to stop child abuse has now been launched by Europe’s police agency. A website is up and running – and posted on it are everyday items that might lead law enforcement authorities to both victims and perpetrators. A logo on a bag, wallpaper or a shampoo bottle may be enough […]

10 years ago

An American flight attendant has been hailed a hero after saving a teenage girl from human trafficking. Sheila Fedrick was working on an Alaska Airlines flight from Seattle to San Francisco when she spotted a young girl who she instinctively felt was in trouble. She said the young woman who was about 15 or 16 looked […]

10 years ago

More than two hundred children, all aged under 14, have been freed from a brick kiln in India. The children, some as young as just four-years-old, were rescued in the southern state of Telengana after they were spotted carrying out hard labour in hazardous conditions. It is believed some of the children may have been […]

10 years ago