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TRAFFICKING FOR SEXUAL exploitation is one of the fastest growing crimes of our time – according to the Immigrant Council of Ireland.
It says it’s becoming more lucrative for gangs than drugs smuggling and the trade in illegal arms.
Chief Executive of the Immigrant Council of Ireland, Denise Charlton said:
“Teenagers are tricked into coming to Ireland with promises of a new life, job or marriage only for reality to dawn in the car park of Dublin Airport. It is there the dream becomes a nightmare.
“What follows are daily rapes in brothels and being rapidly moved around the country to meet the demand from sex buyers for fresh meat. This is the reality of prostitution in Ireland.
“Luckily 19 of them have gotten to the Immigrant Council where we’re able to support them…some of them don’t even know what country they’re in.
For some of them it’s very dangerous to go home and some have even been sold by their families. For many of them- going home is not an option.
‘Past year busiest to date’
The Immigrant Council of Ireland represented 19 victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation this year.
Charlton said, “Traffickers go to places where girls are very vulnerable. Traffickers are really clever – they know the routes where they can get the girls through.”
More than half the girls supported in 2014 were from Nigeria.
In nine cases the Immigrant Council successfully secured greater protections and supports – the others remain pending.
The Immigrant Council of Ireland says it has represented and supported 60 women since it started work in this area in 2006. It added that the past year has been its busiest to date.
Charlton said, “Young boys get trafficked too- sometimes it’s for forced labour. In the area of sexual exploitation it’s mostly girls but not always.”
‘Returning home not an option’
The Council says that in most cases returning to their country of birth is not an option for women who’ve been trafficked as it will only lead to further abuse.
The Council is seeking a number of measures to deal with trafficking and prostitution:
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You can be sure that China wont tolerate extemists like we.
Absolutely. The Chinese – A great bunch of lads.
Problem with China is they don’t tolerate free speech either.
Exactly. Let’s all adopt China’s ethics.
There has been conflict in this regions between the Chinese government and Islamists for years, people are regularly getting killed (as in, every few weeks). Why only report it now?
Maybe now, people are finally waking up to the danger Islamofascism poses.
Because media outlets have a finite amount of time and space and have to partly reflect the interests of their readership, viewership or listenership. Uighur unrest is generally not newsworthy for small Irish publications. With the events of last week in France and Nigeria, it’s a lot more newsworthy.
The news isn’t a list of everything that happens on the planet, nor is it necessarily a ranked list of death tolls. The media has to weigh what thinks will resonate with an audience. By necessity, that requires a degree of filtering.
Islamic attacks have been reported here many times?
Riddled to death .
Good one China you make us look like pussies now we know why you are going to be the worlds number one on top of the US and EU.
In the “who has killed more muslims ” league table, the west is still on top.
No themselves, but I am sure they will get help in killing us by you and the PC left.
Dunno about that, Genghis Khan slaughtered a fair few of them. 1.2 million in one city alone. The sacking of Urgench.
Innocent civilian Muslims at that.
At the same time the Normans were invading Ireland and bringing their Christian values with them. Or were they, was it purely about greed and conquest. I suppose the first homo sapien to emerge from the horn of Africa and dream about world conquest is the money king.
Mean’t to say monkey king. Same thing though.
Lol burn…
Lol burn…
Lol burn…
Good stuff China. The only good Islamist is a dead islamist
Odd that frank is not on here accusing the Chinese of conducting a false flag operation?
Hello frank?
How refreshing to see the hackneyed use of quotations with the term “terrorist” whenever something like this happens in China.
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