Trafficking

Prostitution and trafficking – the anatomy of a moral panic

by Amanda October 20, 2009

Thank you Nick Davies. Taken from The Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/oct/20/trafficking-numbers-women-exaggerated There is something familiar about the tide of misinformation which has swept through the subject of sex trafficking in the UK: it flows through exactly the same channels as the now notorious torrent about Saddam Hussein’s weapons. In the story of UK sex trafficking, the conclusions [...]

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Here we go again!

by Amanda October 16, 2009

Another day, another misguided do-gooder. This time it’s Mary Honeyball MEP (stop sniggering at the back!). On her blog page “The Honeyball Buzz” she says: The plans announced by the Metropolitan Police to abolish its specialist unit dealing with human traficking – trafficking of women and children – are nothing short of a disgrace. So… [...]

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