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By Paul o'Brien Ma
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any members of the irish defence forces will, at some stage in their career, encounter people who are, or have
been, the victims of human trafficking. in recent years, criminal gangs have taken advantage of the migration
crisis to traffic people; a despicable act that brings in an estimated £250 million pounds a year in Britain alone.
Recently Security Analysis & Research (SAR) Consultancy, a risk management, research and analysis provider, held the third of series of
talks on security issues, the latest being on human trafficking and modern slavery.
Dr Carol Murphy of St Mary's University opened the proceedings with a great talk on the criminal aspects of trafficking. She says it
is usually families who sell or traffic family members for profit and this is the first act, but exploitation by criminal gangs occurs in the
country where they arrive.
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