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Irish pimps have links to foreign gangs and human trafficking

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PATRICK COOPER,
IrishCentral.com Staff Writer
Published Friday, April 15, 2011, 8:37 AM
Updated Friday, April 15, 2011, 10:44 AM

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Crackdown on human trafficking in Ireland
Crackdown on human trafficking in Ireland


In a disturbing new twist in the Irish crime racket, more Irish criminals are associating themselves with foreign gangs involved in on the sex trade and human trafficking.

A report in the Herald this week claims that while many non-Irish women are smuggled into the country by "recruiters" from abroad, they often end up being controlled and exploited by Irish pimps in the Republic.

Detective Inspector John O'Reilly, who has interviewed hundreds of victims and tracked down their abusers, believes that criminals from all nations allow themselves to get involved in this very lucrative crime - and the Irish are no exception.

O'Reilly told the Herald that victims are often "broken down" by their traffickers in their home country so that they became "compliant" and can be sold to Irish criminals.

"I couldn't say that there is a prevalence (of Irish or foreign human trafficking gangs) in Ireland, the obvious place for prostitution is through pimps - and pimps often come from Ireland," O'Reilly told the Herald.

"If you were selling girls, who would you sell them to? It all depends on the economics of it, it can go either way, they are not all foreign, there are local people involved."

Recruiters look for easy targets in their home country - men, women and children who are looking to escape a life of poverty or abuse - and are all too willing to believe they may have found a way out.

"Humans are a commodity to traffickers, if you have a gun, you can sell it once, if you have a person, you can sell her night after night," said O'Reilly.

"From an individual criminal's point of view, it is more lucrative than firearms or drugs."

"We need to use language that conjures up an idea in people's minds so they understand exactly what is at stake when referring to traffickers - to me they're con artists, kidnappers, potential murderers, serial rapists," O'Reilly told the Herald.
 

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rewatijo | Apr 16, 2011, 02:24 AM EDT
Human trafficking is a fastest growing crime all over the world. i would like to share a documentary related to this article, "Traffic:Asia Pacific: An MTV EXIT Special" presented by MTV EXIT. The documentary addresses the issue of human trafficking in Asia-Pacific and also shows what each one of us can do to prevent modern day slavery . To watch the documentary visit- http://www.cultureunplugged.com/play/1229

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Pittsburghkid | Apr 15, 2011, 07:15 PM EDT
The Muslims love Irish Colleens. It is interesting the links between slavery and the Muslims.

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Towngate | Apr 15, 2011, 07:02 PM EDT
Is the girl in the photo trying to pick up a sex slave?

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AoifeNicSeáin | Apr 15, 2011, 06:53 PM EDT
One more reason to decriminalise prostitution NOW - worldwide! As long as laws make prostitutes need pimps to bribe officials there's no chance to crack down trafficking.

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haikued2 | Apr 15, 2011, 03:22 PM EDT
Maybe they are related to all the other Pimps in the world...do they swap girls with the Bangkok Pimps? How about the Saudi Royal family and their friends who traffic in human beings?

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Searlit | Apr 15, 2011, 01:01 PM EDT
Finally, an article about human trafficking! Thank-you, IC! Expose this crime for what it is! Slavery! Portia you make an important point that has appeared recently, about child protection agencies being infiltrated with people who are complicit in the targeting of vulnerable children. Yay for you!

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ciarrai | Apr 15, 2011, 12:10 PM EDT
Anybody seen "Taken"?

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GeorgeDillon | Apr 15, 2011, 10:14 AM EDT
Irish pimps .... Now those are the kind of Irish who just LOVE Mass Immigration!

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Portia777 | Apr 15, 2011, 10:09 AM EDT
Human trafficking is a world wide business. it is nothing new though. After all the Vatican sold every single Irish being into slavery in the past. Vatican created the very first brothels, when they took over the priestess temples and began selling the priestesses and their children to the rich men. Then they declared Mary Magdalene was a prostitute by her own volition. SHE WAS NOT. Children in state care are also easy PREY/targets with facilitators inside the system itself, which we often fail to believe possible.If irish people are gullible enough to believe child protection is there to protect the children of Eire, they are as deluded as we were with the clergy.

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