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Kerb crawling laws drive demand for trafficked women Print E-mail
Monday, 03 November 2008

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By Rory Cahill
Anti-kerb crawling laws are pushing men seeking paid sex into flats that are often staffed by prostitutes that have been trafficked into Scotland and forced to work as sex slaves, according to the policeman leading the fight against human smuggling.

Strathclyde Police Detective Superintendent Michael Orr, chair of the Scottish Human Trafficking Group says: “I would say it did [drive customers to flats] I think in some of the traditional areas, shall we say, both the number of prostitutes and users has diminished because of the major risk element involved, so for that reason, yes, there will be a lot of people who have used prostitutes from the street who will now be using private flats.”

Illegal brothels housed in private flats are the most common and are regularly used by pimps selling services from women and girls who have been illegally trafficked into Scotland.

Orr says it is difficult to secure convictions for trafficking women for the purpose of being used in the sex trade. But his group uncovered 59 women who had been trafficked to Scotland to work as prostitutes in a series of raids as part of Operation Pentameter 2 in July this year.

An investigation by Holyrood in this issue outlines how increasing numbers of Chinese women are being smuggled to Scotland to work in flats as prostitutes and details how social services in Glasgow are struggling to cope with a new trend of pregnant Chinese women seeking asylum.

For full article, see page 53

 

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