Turkish delight - Turkey's drug gangs branch out
Jane's Intelligence Review, 29 August 2008
http://jir.janes.com/
"Turkey's strategic location and its proximity to opium-producing areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan have long made it an important transit country for drug trafficking and a distribution hub for heroin shipments into the EU. However, partly owing to shifts in production within Afghanistan, greater amounts of heroin are being trafficked through Turkish networks, at the same time as these groups are diversifying into co-operation with other criminal groups."
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The Threat of narco-trafficking in the Americas / UNODC, October 2008
PDF - http://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/Studies/OAS_Study_2008.pdf

[Lebanon] Measures to prevent and combat trafficking in human beings: Lebanon Country Assessment / Ministry of Justice, Republic of Lebanon, May 2008
PDF - http://www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/Lebanon-HTreport-Oct08.pdf

[Turkey] People carriers - Human trafficking networks thrive in Turkey
Jane's Intelligence Review, 23 October 2008
http://jir.janes.com/
"Despite the current global economic downturn, illegal immigration flows and people trafficking networks are continuing to operate at similar levels. There is evidence to suggest that some patterns of migration have been affected..."
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Big Brothel research 'seriously flawed'Poppy Project research into sex workers "was based on flawed data" and "cannot be substantiated" / The Guardian, October 03 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/oct/03/research.women
"Top academics involved in sex research have launched an attack on "seriously flawed" research into British brothels.The academics claim that research into prostitution in the UK published last month by the Poppy Project, which is partly funded by the Ministry of Justice, is inaccurate and unethical.The research in the Big Brothel report "exhibits serious flaws in its mode of data collection and analysis," they warn."

POPPY Project’s comments in response to ‘Academics’ Response to Bindel & Atkins’ “Big Brothel” report
http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Education/documents/2008/10/07/poppyresponse.pdf

Labour conference: Total ban for sex soliciting and kerb-crawling / The Guardian, September 22 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/sep/22/labourconference.labour1?gusrc=rss&feed=politics
"Kerb-crawling and soliciting for prostitutes on the streets are to be outlawed as part of a wide-ranging tightening of the law, the home secretary, Jacqui Smith, annnounced yesterday. Warning of the "blight" of prostitution, Smith outlined a three-point plan at the Labour conference."

Human trafficking in Egypt's Sinai
Jane's Islamic Affairs, 10 September 2008
http://jiaa.janes.com/
"Egypt is coming under growing pressure to staunch the rising flow of sub-Saharan African asylum seekers and migrants being trafficked across its eastern border into Israel. The problem of illegal crossings has increased dramatically since 2006 as shown by the number of new registrations with the United Nations Humanitarian Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in Israel"

Revealed: the truth about brothels A survey into London's off-street sex industry has exposed just how widespread it is - and documents in disturbing detail the plight of the women trapped in it. /The Guardian, September 10 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/sep/10/women.socialexclusion?gusrc=rss&feed=society
"When Frank rang a brothel in Enfield, he could hear a baby crying in the background. When Alan called one in Southwark, he could make out the sound of a child asking for his tea. And when Mick called another to inquire about their services, he was told that he could have a "dirty Oriental bitch who will do stag nights, anal, and the rest." The men were undertaking research for Big Brothel: a Survey of the Off-Street Sex Industry in London, the most comprehensive study ever conducted into brothels in the UK. The project, which gathered information from 921 brothels in the capital, was commissioned by the Poppy Project, the only British organisation that offers support for women trafficked into prostitution."

The young women targeted as mules by cocaine smugglers / Guardian, 27 August 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/27/drugstrade.drugsandalcohol1?gusrc=rss&feed=uknews

[USA] Drug Control: Cooperation with Many Major Drug Transit Countries Has Improved, but Better Performance Reporting and Sustainability Plans Are Needed / Government Accountability Office, 15 August 2008
PDF - http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08784.pdf

Slave trade 'still in operation'/ BBC, 19 August 2008

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7570634.stm

"A modern-day slave trade is in operation across Scotland, new research has suggested. Human rights charity Amnesty International said Scotland had 13.5% of the UK's trade in people. This was despite Scotland having less than 10% of the population."

Trafficking of women for sexual purposes / Australian Institute of Criminology, July 2008
PDF - http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/rpp/95/rpp95.pdf
Fiona David
Research and Public Policy Series No. 95
"As a new crime type, knowledge about trafficking in persons is still emerging. International and Australian initiatives encompass trafficking for sexual purposes, with issues surrounding transnational migration for work, exploitation and sexual violence, and supporting victims. Research on trafficking in persons is challenged by the small number of cases and concomitant responses. This report provides insight into the issues, barriers and challenges of responding to trafficking of women in Australia through the learned experience of victims' and offenders' contacts."

Indian Country Drug Threat Assessment 2008 / National Drug Intelligence Center, June 2008
http://www.usdoj.gov/ndic/pubs28/29239/index.htm
"This report is a comprehensive, strategic assessment of the threat posed to Native American communities by drug trafficking organizations (DTOs), criminal groups, and gangs and the illicit drugs they distribute on reservations throughout the United States. This report examines the operations, capabilities, and vulnerabilities of drug traffickers who exploit Indian Country and the difficulties faced by federal, state, and tribal law enforcement officials in combating drug trafficking in Native American communities. It also identifies drug abuse patterns and trends most common to Indian Country, highlighting the illicit drugs posing the greatest threat to Native Americans in the United States."

Report Highlights Challenges of Combating Drug Traffickers Who Target Native American Communities / Join Together, 21 July 2008
http://digbig.com/4xgbj
"Mexican drug trafficking organizations represent the largest supplier of illicit drugs to Native American reservations throughout the United States, with marijuana the most widely available illicit drug in Native American communities."

Europe co-operates against child trafficking
Jane's Intelligence Digest, 24 June 2008
http://jid.janes.com/
"According to UNICEF, an estimated 1.2 million children are trafficked each year throughout the world for a wide variety of purposes that include sexual exploitation, petty crimes, organised begging, the removal of organs, illegal adoption, transportation of illicit drugs, domestic servitude and other forms of exploitative labour practices. Trafficked children may be moved from one country, or continent, to another, but they can also be transported within the same country, as is more often the case in southeastern Europe."
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Update to the UK Action Plan on Tackling Human Trafficking /Home Office, 2 July 2008
http://www.crimereduction.homeoffice.gov.uk/humantrafficking004.pdf
"This is an updated action plan to tackle the problem of human trafficking in the UK through understanding the scale and nature of the problem and preventing trafficking at both its source and its destination."

Raising a stop sign to human traffic / Eurekalert, 23 May 2008
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-05/ip-ras052308.php
"Trade in people is not a new phenomenon, but the modern manifestation of slavery, according to US researchers. However, writing in the Journal of Global Business Advancement, they point out that human trafficking and trade in human organs has intensified with increased globalization. They hope to raise awareness of the issue among the business research community with a view to finding solutions."

Alien Smuggling: Recent Legislative Developments / CRS Report for Congress, 22 May 2008
PDF - http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34501_20080522.pdf

Major seminar to look at new ways of combating child trafficking / 24dash.com, 2 June 2008
http://digbig.com/4wyxg
"A seminar being held at Manchester Town Hall on Monday, June 2, will see leading figures from a range of agencies looking at how they can work together to tackle the growing problem. The Trafficking of Children and Young Adults Seminar is being staged by the Government Office North West Regional Safeguarding Strategy Board, alongside the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities, the Regional Strategic Migration Partnership and UK Borders Agency."

Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation: A process review of Operation Pentameter / Home Office - RDS, 30 May 2008
PDF - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/horr07b.pdf
Home Office Research Report 07