GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Olympics will be magnet for sex trafficking gangs, warns Yvette Cooper

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SOURCE: London Evening Standard

10February2011 2:08pmEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: THE OLYMPICS will make London a "magnet" for human trafficking unless ministers launch an urgent crackdown, shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper warned today.

Criminal gangs will use next year's Games to force women and girls into the sex trade and push men into forced labour, Ms Cooper said.

She called on the Government to learn the lessons of the Athens Games in 2004, saying the number of human trafficking victims doubled due to poor prevention efforts.

In a speech to the Stopping Traffick conference, she said: "There are fears that the London 2012 Olympics could increase the trafficking of vulnerable people into the UK.

"Studies worldwide show that international sporting events, where people move across borders, are used by criminals under the cover of tourism to exploit women and children. The Government must wake up to the risk that traffickers will seek to profit from the 2012 Games and take action to make sure this event does not make the situation worse." (read full report)

 

 

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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Security crisis talks after US smuggler gets 80 handguns into Britain on passenger jets

BRITISH and American authorities emerged from crisis talks after dozens of handguns were smuggled into the UK on passenger flights from the US.

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SOURCE: Herald Sun (au)

25January2011 9:23amEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE:  Serious flaws in trans-atlantic aviation security were exposed by the arrest of private security consultant Steven Greenoe, who is accused of trafficking more than 80 guns in his hold luggage.

The 37-year-old American was stopped by security staff on at least one occasion when screening detected "multiple firearms" in his suitcases - but was able to talk his way on to a flight from Atlanta to Manchester.

US court papers obtained by The (London) Times show he is accused of delivering the weapons to criminal contacts in the UK's North West.

Greenoe was arrested in Raleigh, North Carolina, in July, with 16 pistols in his suitcases, after police recovered a number of new handguns in Britain.  (read full article)