2 w. ago Major law change as Germany bids to crack down on people smugglers to UK

The legislation aims to disrupt the criminal gangs that bring people to the UK on small boats

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2 w. ago Rochdale grooming police whistleblower Maggie Oliver said she feared being jailed but decided 'speaking the truth was more important than my job'

The former Greater Manchester Police officer has told of the 'almost impossible' move she made over force failures to tackle widespread child grooming and sex abuse.

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2 w. ago Every police force to get rape probe teams as part of Shabana Mahmood's blitz on sex crimes in 'largest crackdown on violence against women and girls in British history'

Specialist rape and sex offences investigation teams will be set up in every police force in what the Government calls 'the largest crackdown on violence against women and girls in British history'.

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3 w. ago Gateshead grooming gang who forced girl to have sex with 3 men in one day are jailed

Codrin Dura, Leonard Paun, Bogdan Gugiuman, Klaudio Aleksiu and Stefan Ciuraru have been jailed after plying young girls with drugs and alcohol before sexually assaulting them

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3 w. ago 'Buy her, she hasn't been raped yet': Yazidi sex slave tells German court of the hell she suffered aged 12 at the hands of ISIS 'owner' who would torture her and force her to have sex every night

A Yazidi woman who was sold as a sex slave aged 12 has told a German court how ISIS fighters sneered 'buy her, she hasn't been raped yet' before an extremist 'owner' allegedly tortured her.

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3 w. ago WW3 fears as 'Putin will attack Britain if two red lines crossed'

The Russian Foreign Minister has outlined two major red lines that could cause Putin to attack the UK, with experts weighing in on the 'greatest military threat of a generation'

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3 w. ago Female migrants 'are forced to have sex with people smugglers and are 'passed around' by criminals in return for cheap crossings to Britain'

One terrified survivor, who spent two years on the migrant trail, said that the gangs 'passed them around' in camps before deciding who gets on board.

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3 w. ago Migrants are 'being offered free Channel crossings if they smuggle heroin into Britain'

The scale of the problem is not known, but the new report suggests that some of the thousands of people travelling to the UK via the Channel are being used to create a new drug supply route.

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3 w. ago UK asylum policy causes more violence and deaths, say rights groups

Home Office drive to stop small boats crossing Channel is handing more power to people smugglers, report findsThe UK’s policy to stop asylum seekers from crossing the Channel in small boats has led to an increase in violence, deaths and smuggler control, but has not deterred arrivals, according to a report by human rights organisations.The 176-page report from Humans for Rights Network, includes contributions from 17 refugee and human rights organisations operating in northern France and six in the UK. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago French 'Josef Fritzl’ had '3 kids with daughter and forced son to have sex with mum'

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: A man has been dubbed 'French Josef Fritzl’ after being accused of having three children with his own daughter and allegedly forcing his son to have sex with his mother

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4 w. ago 'French Josef Fritzl' admits fathering three children with his daughter and forcing his 11

A 58-year-old man has admitted to fathering three children with his daughter and forcing his 11-year-old son to have sex with his mother. 

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4 w. ago Serial killer imprisoned women as sex slaves and forced them to eat victims' bodies

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Gary Michael Heidnik, who was known as the 'Butcher of Philadelphia', was a serial rapist and murderer who kept multiple women as sex slaves in his basement torture chamber

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4 w. ago Serial killer kept sex slaves in torture dungeon and forced them to eat victims

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: Gary Michael Heidnik raped and tortured six women in a hidden torture chamber in his basement, killing two and forcing the survivors to eat the remains

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4 w. ago Hardline migration policies are fuelling people smuggling, report finds

As leaders try to break smugglers’ business model, research suggests strategy so far has had opposite effectHardline migration policies adopted by governments across the globe have been a boon for people smugglers, fuelling demand and allowing them to raise their prices, according to a report.The findings, released on Thursday by the Mixed Migration Centre of the Danish Refugee Council, and based on interviews with thousands of migrants and hundreds of smugglers, come as officials prepare to gather next week in Brussels to discuss how best to combat smuggling. Continue reading...

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