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    UK BORDER AGENCY ARRESTS SIX PEOPLE OVER SUSPICION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
    Anna Rowlands

    Emigrate.co.uk
    http://www.emigrate.co.uk /news/990342.html
    Feb 5 2010

    Reports now show that six people have been arrested on suspicion
    of human trafficking in the North East. Officers from the UK Border
    Agency North East immigration crime team were called to North Shields
    Ferry Terminal last Friday after the staff identified a 15-year-old
    Armenian girl who had arrived on the ferry from Holland. She had been
    attempting to enter the UK using a Latvian passport.

    Traveling with the girl were two Armenian men, age 25 and 49, and
    two Latvian women, age 33 and 26. These four adults were bound for
    Manchester and were all arrested on suspicion of human trafficking
    offenses. Two other Armenian men, age 19 and 30, both from the
    Manchester area, were later arrested on suspicion of trafficking
    following further investigation.

    All of the people who were arrested have now been released on bail.

    The girl remains in the care of local authorities for the time being.

    Detective Inspector Graham Brown, of the North East immigration crime
    team, said that the safety and well being of the young girl is of
    paramount importance to all the agencies involved in the investigation.

    He went on to say that trafficking and facilitation are serious
    offenses in the UK, which often involve young and vulnerable members
    of the international community. The UK Border Agency, working with the
    North East Police forces, now have a formidable team to investigate
    and detect such criminality.

    Had these people not been caught, it is not sure what would have
    happened to the young 15-year-old Armenia girl. It is likely that
    she would have been forced into teen prostitution or forced to
    marry. The UK is attempting to crack down on human trafficking and
    other emigration offenses.
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