By Michael Howie FIFTEEN "sex slaves" from south-east Asia have been found working in Scotland's sex industry, following a major crackdown on human

By Tom Whitehead BRITISH children are being abducted and trafficked around the country for sex, police warned yesterday. Gangs, including foreign criminals,

Teenage girls born in Britain are being trafficked for sexual exploitation within the UK, police said yesterday, adding that children are being "groomed" by men acting as boyfriends who carry out the abuse and then take the youngsters to other towns for further exploitation.
Officers fear that as many as 33 girls between the ages of 12 and 15 could have been involved in a case uncovered in Sheffield last year. Only one, a 15-year-old, was willing to give evidence in court, but following that a 23-year-old man was jailed for 10 years for serious sexual offences which included rape of a child. Five other men faced deportation procedures.
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LONDON (AFP) — Police have arrested more than 500 suspects in a crackdown on human trafficking in the sex trade, the government said on Tuesday.

Police say 167 victims, including 12 children, have been rescued in a major crackdown on human trafficking. More than 500 people were arrested in the

by Sinead Hanna Figures from the Pentameter 2 operation, spearheaded by the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) and the Home Office, were released