'LOVERBOY' Romanian women lured to UK as men's 'girlfriends' only to be forced into sexual slavery
MET Police officers in partnership with Europol, Eurojust, and Romanian Police have rescued six victims of modern slavery. In the early...
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By JON AUSTIN
- Aug 1
Social worker who blew whistle on police 'child sex grooming inaction' arrested after news report
ESSEX News and Investigations editor Jon Austin looks at how a child sex grooming investigation in Hull was re-opened and charges could...
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By JON AUSTIN
- Jul 6
EXCLUSIVE: 'New alleged victims come forward' in re-opened probe into Humberside child sex grooming
AT least two new alleged victims are said to have come forward as part of a a major child sex grooming investigation that was re-opened...
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By JON AUSTIN
- Jun 26
People smuggling crime boss jailed for 10-and-a-half-years
The head of an organised crime group that smuggled hundreds of people both into and out of the UK has been jailed for 10-and-a-half...
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By JON AUSTIN
- Jun 24
Man accused of arranging dangerous boat crossings from Libya to Italy from UK appears in court
A MAN has appeared in court charged with people smuggling offences as part of an international investigation into an organised crime...
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By JON AUSTIN
- Jan 9
ROTHERHAM GROOMING PROBE: Three men charged with historic sex offences in children's home
THREE men have appeared in court charged with a series of offences linked to Operation Stovewood, the National Crime Agency (NCA’s)...
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By JON AUSTIN
- Dec 29, 2022
'Influencer' Andrew Tate arrested in Romania in connection with human trafficking probe
THE controversial "online influencer" Andrew Tate has been arrested in Romania as part of an investigation into organised crime, human...
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By JON AUSTIN
- Dec 24, 2022
Inquest opened into deaths of four unidentified Channel Migrants who died last week
THE provisional cause of death of four migrants who died when a boat capsized in the Channel on December 14 was drowning, an inquest...
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By JON AUSTIN
- Nov 29, 2022
Man held over death of at least 27 migrants in Channel a year ago - now facing extradition to France
A MAN has been arrested in connection with the deaths of at least 27 people who drowned attempting to cross the English Channel in a...
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By JON AUSTIN
- Sep 11, 2022
Two men found in house with missing girl, 15, released from police bail with no further action
EXCLUSIVE: TWO men arrested on suspicion of abducting a 15-year-old girl, whose disappearance made national headlines, have been released...
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