Gathering Information on Traffickers Matthew Thorogood Home Office

Gathering Information on Traffickers Matthew Thorogood Home Office, UK

We must not forget about the crime § 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? 2

The data and information we hold can be used to combat trafficking more effectively When we hold information 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. 3

A range of people may come in contact with traffickers and we need effective mechanisms to capture Police Local Councils e. g. Licensing boards, Housing officers, rent officers GPs, A&E, Ambulance staff, Family Planning clinics Health services meter readers NGOs housing associations Chemists postmen taxi drivers hoteliers landlords Immigration and border staff Users of sexual services bin men / street cleaners Church/ Faith Groups Members of the public Employers e. g. Farmers, Fishing Industry, Hospitality Inspectorates Fire Service • How do we encourage reporting? • Do we need to identify the points where our resources can have the most impact?

Let’s look at a UK domestic servitude case – Traffickers owned a takeaway England – Their victim was 24 years old. Sensitive material removed – Lured to the UK on false promise of better life. Victim 5

This is the takeaway where she was forced to work Sensitive material removed 6

This was her room Sensitive material removed 7

This was her bed Sensitive material removed 8

And this is where she died Sensitive material removed • Who came in contact with her traffickers? • Would their information have prevented this death? 9

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

When we do hold information this needs to be shared quickly and effectively – not just logged on a spreadsheet. Information received Intelligence assessment , analysis and prioritisation Operational response/investigation/tasking Local police Border and immigration National EU Forces police forced EUROPOL INTERPOL

Traffickers are unlikely to be first time criminals: effective risk profiling can help us identify them § 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? Sensitive material removed