Heroin smuggling gang operating in Ireland north and south and Lithuania targeted in Belfast raids
Three people were arrested in five searches yesterday.
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Three people were arrested in five searches yesterday.
It comes after Ireland was downgraded in an assessment of its response to eliminating human trafficking.
Justice Minster Helen McEntee revealed the latest figure on World Day against Trafficking in Persons.
The council’s impact report for 2019 has been published today.
A number of people have been arrested by gardaí as part of Operation Mombasa.
The OSCE’s special representative for combating human trafficking said children in foster care or those who came from abusive backgrounds are particularly vulnerable.
More than 500 cannabis plants at various growth stages were found at the 16-bedroomed property on 31 May last year.
Gardaí conducted a number of targeted operations across the country last week.
The report published by the US State Department noted Ireland’s use of direct provision centres to accommodate ‘traumatised victims’.
That’s according to the Council’s impact report for 2018, which has been published today.
A report compared the legislative approaches in six EU countries to tackling human trafficking in prostitution.
New mothers were told their babies had died suddenly within hours of birth but they were given or sold to another family.
Some boys fail to come forward for help due to gender stereotypes, Unicef has said.
Members of the drug trafficking ring pointed to the unemployment rate in the province as a fuel for their criminal activity.
A number of large seizures have crippled the Kinahans’ supply chains.
Over 100 lines of inquiry have been investigated.
The report noted issues around privacy, integration, nutrition and delays in processing applications.
In total, the operation generated hundreds of thousands of pounds.
Ruhama is urging people to call the number and hear what ‘Andreea’ has to say.
Kutcher was speaking at a US senate hearing about victims of trafficking.
The drugs have an estimated street value of €50,000.
Farmers see “buying” a woman from abroad as cheaper than paying a dowry for a Chinese bride.
Joy Imasogie allegedly told the victim she would be working in a hair salon.
The four women, in their 20s and 30s, were fined in court yesterday.
In 2012, gardaí identified a number of Polish women as victims of sexual exploitation.
Compacting compressing equipment and cocaine mixing agent were also discovered.
They were told they would get well-paid jobs and a new life in Northern Ireland.
A US government report was critical of Ireland’s system, which it says is failing to identify trafficking victims.
The two were held after the detention of a British drug dealer on the holiday island of Majorca.
Children are said to be exchanging hands for as little as €6,500.
It was the group’s second busiest year since it began working in the area a decade ago.
Prostitution charity Ruhama found an increase in the women accessing its services last year.
The RTE Investigations Unit estimates that there are up to 20 gangs involved in organised prostitution here today.
A man in his 40s has been arrested as part of an investigation into alleged human trafficking.
Patrick Sheridan was originally arrested in the UK in January.
Q’s story is terrifying and heartbreaking, as well as a look at the failure of global laws.
The ringleader is known as Romeo.
“If one of them falls, the others tap on the roof and I stop the van.”
The National Women’s Council of Ireland has called for stronger anti-trafficking measures.
The four men driving the vehicles have been arrested on suspicion of breaking immigration laws.