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Communities Against Trafficking
A practical guide to ending sexual slavery
in your area
from theccat.com
Introduction
This document is an attempt
to encourage people to engage in a rising evil in our
communities and to show that success can be made through
communities working together on a common issue.
It is not meant to be
comprehensive but rather seen as a work in progress that can
be modified and changed to fit a changing scenario and
different communities.
There is no copyright, and
you are free to use and change as you wish. We only hope that
by its distribution, that piece by piece, our country can turn
the tide from High profit, low risk, to Low profit, High risk
and therefore combat the slavery of people in our country.
Best wishes
Theccat.com
Sex-trafficking
What is Sex-Trafficking?
Trafficking is the movement
of people by means of force, deception or fraud to a
destination for the purposes of exploitation. Sexual
trafficking is where this exploitation takes the form of
forced and unpaid sexual servitude.
“Trafficking in human beings”
shall mean the recruitment, transportation, transfer,
harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or
use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of
fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of
vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or
benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control
over another person, for the purpose of exploitation.
Exploitation shall include, at a minimum, the exploitation of
the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual
exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery or practices
similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs.
Article 3 of the Protocol to
Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons,
Especially Women and Children, Supplementing the United
Nations Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime (Palmero
Protocol)
Where Does
Sex-Trafficking Happen?
One myth that has been
exploded in recent years is that slavery is a thing of the
past. An equally fraudulent perception is that modern-day
slavery is an evil confined to the developing world. This is
not true. Slavery is an endemic problem in even the most
affluent western societies. Britain is no exception to this.
In fact, it is one of the major destinations for victims of
trafficking. A large percentage of those trafficked into the
UK are done so to be enslaved in the sex-industry.
Nor is this abhorrent crime
found only in the red-light districts of major UK Cities.
Sex-Trafficking occurs in cities, towns and even rural areas
of Britain. It is most likely occurring in your community as
we speak.
How Does Sex Trafficking
Affect Me?
The existence of
sex-trafficking in our communities relies on our ignorance and
silence. We all have a responsibility to educate ourselves
about the extent of sex-trafficking in our communities, to
speak out against this abhorrent crime and take action to stop
it from continuing.
Like it or not, some of us
are also implicated in creating the demand for the
sex-trafficking. With the growing social acceptability and
tolerance of men visiting brothels, a booming market for the
commercial sex industry has provided traffickers with the
financial incentive to enslave young women. This is not
acceptable and we must end the demand for sexual exploitation
in our towns, cities and villages.
Statistics
U.N.
office on drugs and crime
Home
Office
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In
the United Kingdom, according to a leading NGO, brothel
keepers and traffickers force some victims to pay debts that
could range as high as 20,000-40,000 pounds
($39,000-$78,000).
U.S.
State Department Trafficking in Persons Report 07
A global alliance against
forced labor, International Labour Organisation, 2005
‘Who pays for sex? An analysis of the
increasing prevalence of female commercial sex contacts among
men in Britain’
Sexually Transmitted Infections
2005;81:467-47 (2005)
Community Response:
Practical Steps to Fight Sex-Trafficking
Form a small research
group
The first thing to do is to
liaise with like-minded members of your community who are
concerned about sex-trafficking. These people could be people
with specific professional skills which could prove useful
(e.g. estate agents, lawyers, community workers) or others
with a strong commitment to the welfare of vulnerable
people—everyone can play a part. Make sure, however, that this
is a reliable grouping. At this stage it is best to keep a
low-profile. Once you have completed your research and
contacted the relevant agencies, you can take your findings to
the public.
Telephone campaign
Methodology outline,
collation and analysis
Stage 1 - Finding and
recording telephone numbers of off-street locations
An important task to start
with is to create a database of the off-street locations which
could potentially be selling sex in your locality. Brothels
usually operate under the guise of ‘massage parlours’,
‘saunas’, ‘escort agencies’ and ‘lap-dancing’ clubs. Look for
these.
In order to create such a
database, it is important to firstly decide upon the
parameters of your enquiry:
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Do
you want to investigate the whole of your community or just
a part of it? (e.g. whole town or just a specific area)
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Which categories of establishments do you want to
investigate? Just Flats/Parlours/Saunas, or also Lap-Dancing
Clubs (info on lap-dancing at Eaves sister project
http://www.eaves4women.co.uk/Lilith_Project/Research/Research.php),
Chat Lines, Escort Agencies?
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Timeframe - How many telephone-mapping sessions will be
conducted? When? Over what period of time? How long will
each session last?
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How many volunteers in total/ at each session?
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Who will coordinate sessions/ recording info/ analysis?
Next, obtain the names,
telephone numbers of the establishments. Also, you should note
if any of the advertisements state the ethnicity of the women
working there. To ensure that you obtain an exhaustive list,
make sure to pursue a number of avenues:
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Local newspapers often run private advertisements in the
‘adult section’ of their back pages.
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Cards displayed in newsagent and other shop windows
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Calling cards displayed in telephone boxes
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Online sex guides such as PunterNet and McCoys
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Other Sex Sites on the internet (see references at the end
of the Poppy Project’s ‘Sex in the City: Mapping Commercial
Sex Across London’ Report, 2006)
Make sure to record the
details collected thoroughly:
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Store information systematically in a simple database
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Cross reference to eliminate repeated numbers and to ensure
sites are located in Croydon
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Confirm any addresses found (using online database e.g.
www.yell.com)
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Narrow down location of agencies (using online database e.g.
www.bt.com)
Stage 2 – Planning and
preparing the phone sessions
Firstly, your group will
need to decide what information is needed. Following this
decision, you will need to think about what questions you will
need to ask ensure you obtain this information. In particular,
you may wish to know in particular:
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The number of women working in the establishment
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The nationalities and/or ethnicities of the women working
there
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The cost of sexual services
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The services being offered
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The address of the establishment
Also consider whether it
might be prudent to ask additional, incidental questions, in
order to sound like a ‘normal punter and not arouse suspicion
You may also wish to
familiarize yourself with the terminology and ‘lingo’
surrounding the commercial sex industry. Punternet has a
useful “Beginners’ Guide to Saunas”
http://www.punternet.com/
Next:
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Design a question prompt sheet to be used for the calls and
a questionnaire form to be filled in by each volunteer.
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Divide up the numbers of establishments between volunteers
for phoning. Ensure every entry in the database is called at
least three times. Preferably, different volunteers would
make each individual phone call. Additionally, try and avoid
making these calls too close together as to avoid suspicion
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It
is important that you decide upon the location from which
the calls will be made. It is equally important that the
person you are ringing cannot hear any other volunteers
making calls to other establishments in the background, so
try, if possible to isolate volunteers.
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Also, it is very important to think about the number you
will ring from. You will need to make sure that the number
you are ringing from is untraceable. Ideally, it would be
best to obtain ‘pay as you go’ mobile phones, which you do
not need to register, to make the calls. Alternatively, make
sure you use the anonymous ‘141’ prefix if calling from a
landline.
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Make sure to plan thoroughly, setting times and dates for
interviews.
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Also important is a training session for the volunteers
Stage 3 – Phone sessions
Conduct interviews as
planned
Stage 4 – Debriefing
After the interviews are
completed, the coordinator(s) should conduct debriefing
interviews with the volunteers who made the calls. This is in
order to go through the information found and also to record
any other information or impressions (e.g. the tone of the
establishment or the way women were being marketed) that were
not recorded on the interview forms.
Stage 5 – Data Analysis
and Conclusions
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Calculate the range of number of women per flat
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Calculate the range of number of women in total.
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Calculate number of nationalities/ ethnicities, percentages,
British: non British ratio
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‘Map’ where establishments are in your area and see if there
is any particular concentration of establishments in
particular location(s).
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Collate findings.
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Draw conclusions.
Advocacy: Sharing your
findings
It is wise to not take your
findings to the public before you contact and establish a
dialogue with the relevant law enforcement and government
organizations. You will need the police and local government
on your side and it is not productive to embarrass them and
alienate them from your campaign. The police are often
ignorant to the extent and degree of trafficking that your
research will uncover and it would be advisable for allow them
time to process your evidence and sort out their response. The
same applies to local politicians and the local council.
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Share your results with the police. They may choose to use
your findings as an information source for the ongoing
police operation against sex-trafficking (Pentameter 2)
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Share your results with the local council. This may change
their approach to the licensing and/or tolerance of ‘massage
parlours’ and the like.
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Share your results with your MP(s). They will have
considerable political sway in both your local area and in
the national government.
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Establish who owns the properties which are playing host to
sex-trafficking and inform them of the activities occurring
on their premises. This can be established by searching the
Land Registry (http://www.landreg.gov.uk/)
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Contact local faith groups and present them with your
findings. They will be very receptive to your research and
are a great force in the community to have on side. Local
Interfaith, Churches Together and other groups are great
places to start with this.
Reflection process:
synthesize responses and set your strategy
Once you have completed your
research and presented it to the appropriate agencies, it is
worth taking some time to reflect upon your situation. If any
further action is required, it is essential that you
contemplate whether it is possible for the campaign to
continue, and if so, what form it can take.
In order to do this, we
suggest asking a number of questions:
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Have you achieved what you set out to achieve?
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Does your Research show any possible problem of
sex-trafficking in your area? If not, further community
action may prove unnecessary.
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Is
there a shortfall in policing that you could help with? For
example, could you help the police with further research if
they have little intelligence on the problem?
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Is
the council dealing with the problem? If not, is there a
similar research role you could play for them? Or could you
play a role in pressurizing the council to take action?
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Is
the local press’ advertising policy linked to trafficking?
If so, could you launch a campaign to pressure local
newspapers into removing these adverts?
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Is
there any awareness of sex-trafficking in your area? Could
you be involved in educating the public about this abhorrent
crime? Could you play a role in reducing demand through
education?
At this point you will
probably face two options.
If you have achieved what
you have set out to do, there is no discernable problem with
trafficking or, if the relevant agencies are on top of the
problems and there is no clear role for you to take, you may
choose to conclude you campaign.
Alternatively, you may find
there are serious shortfalls in the response to
sex-trafficking and/or a lack of awareness or concern amongst
the public. You may decide that there is an important role to
play.
If so, then you can start to
set a strategy of involvement. It is important here to again
consider some questions, this time of a more practical nature:
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How will our project be funded? Resources and events all
cost money—think about how you could finance this.
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Would it be worthwhile registering as a charity, or remain
as a community campaign group?
When considering both of
these questions, it is strongly recommended that you contact
your local ‘community action’ group. These groups are
affiliate members of the National Association for Voluntary
and Community Action (NAVCA), who provide
information, advice, networking
and learning opportunities, support and development services
for voluntary and community organizations.
It is also important when
formulating strategy to consider the sustainability of your
campaign. Base all plans and the size f the campaign on the
number of people and their skill level. There will be no point
planning a huge campaign of lobbying the council if you do not
have the time or people to do this effectively. If you plan
your campaign according to the skills and available time of
the team you will ensure that the campaign can keep on going
quite organically. This can be reviewed and perhaps extended
when you garner more community support.
Please also remember the
importance of anonymity and safety when deciding on strategy.
It is important that, whatever you decide, the membership of
your organization is not made public. For more information,
see the ‘Important Safety Considerations’ section below.
Taking the campaign to
the Public
Publicizing your research is
a very important part of any community response to
trafficking. Educating and engaging the public will give you
the community support you will need to pressurise the local
council and police to put an end to sex-trafficking.
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The most important initial step of this is to hold awareness
raising event. Create presentations to give at a variety of
settings to share your research.
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Take the campaign into schools. Give assemblies to young
people educating them of the problem and encouraging them to
get involved—young supporters can be a real asset.
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Create a range of print materials (Posters, Fliers, Badges,
T-Shirts) to distribute at events to publicize and educate
people. Alternatively, if you do not have the means to
create such resources, contact STOP THE TRAFFIK who can
provide you with some general anti-trafficking materials.
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Hold a free screening of a film related to issues of
sex-trafficking or slavery (both past and present), followed
by a talk on sex-trafficking in your locality. Amazing Grace
is a great film chronicling the Abolishment of the
transatlantic slave trade, and is suitable for a family
audience. Alternatively, Lilja 4-ever is a more brutal and
harrowing fictional exploration of sexual-trafficking in the
modern world. This is a very moving work but suitable only
for an adult audience. Ensure to make available fliers,
posters and other resources at any screening.
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Create a website that hosts information on your
organization, a summary of your research, ways for people to
get involved, details of events and contact information
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Create a profile on an online ‘social networking site’ such
as Facebook, MySpace or Bebo. This will help you to engage
with and reach out to a wider audience, as well summarize
your campaign and research, publicize events and get people
involved.
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Invite local media to report on your findings—local
newspapers, radio and television services are a great
vehicle for raising awareness.
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Also make sure to write in to the ‘letters’ sections of
papers. This will ensure that your research finds a voice in
the public arena.
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Make contact with local NGOs, human-rights and
social-justice groups. These networks of people already
active in campaigning are really useful people to have
on-side. Examples include Amnesty International groups,
local United Nations Association Groups and many others.
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Remain in contact with local faith groups. Follow them up
about the research you have presented them, and ask for
their assistance in mobilizing support. They are likely to
be very accommodating and can really help spread awareness
amongst their ranks, as well as lend practical support to
your campaign
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Also contact community groups. They will be equally helpful
for spreading the message and garnering support.
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Think again about funding. Welcome donations and appeal to
local businesses and government bodies. Also find out about
local grant-making bodies in your area and appeal to them
for support. For instance, CCAT successfully won £100,000
from the Wates Foundation, a funder of voluntary work in the
London region. Contact you local Voluntary Action Council
(VAC) or Voluntary Sector Consortium (VSC) and apply for a
grant.
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Join an anti-trafficking coalition campaign, such as STOP
THE TRAFFIK. Joining STOP THE TRAFFIK will give you
practical ideas, support and put you in contact with a range
of agencies working in anti-trafficking.
N.B. Remember that when
going public keep the names of the co-ordinating team private
and maintain your anonymity (see ‘important considerations’,
below)
Action
Once you have spread
awareness of your research and the trafficking situation in
your community, you will hopefully have secured a number of
active supporters. At this stage you may consider taking some
practical action to ensure that your campaign does not come to
an end; that your findings lead to change
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Start a letter-writing campaign. Create a template letter
for people to send to the local press asking them to remove
‘private ads’ from their back-pages.
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Conduct a demonstration outside the office of local
newspapers, and the local council. Make available resources
and information for passers-by.
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This letter writing campaign can be extended to lobbying the
police and local council to take a tougher line on
off-street commercial sex sites
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A
Petition can be designed, circulated and presented to the
local press, police and council
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Correspond with the local press about the possibility of
running a ‘name and shame’ campaign in which punters
frequenting the brothels on your records are photographed
entering and leaving the brothel to be published. This will
serve as a strong deterrent to potential buyers of sex in
your community and curb demand for the trafficking of women
for sexual exploitation
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Make use of the resources provided by the awareness-raising
campaign group ‘The Truth Isn’t Sexy’. They distribute beer
mats that look like typical calling cards on one side but on
the other expose the trafficking and brutal exploitation
that is the reality of the sex industry. You can provide
these to pubs and clubs in order that they reach potential
clients of brothels and hopefully reduce demand.
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Put on a stunt. Come up with an imaginative action that will
really help capture the public’s attention as well as help
attract press coverage. Political Theatre can be a great way
of supporting the campaign. If you need any inspiration, why
not have a look at the actions of STOP THE TRAFFIK
supporters:
http://www.stopthetraffik.org/help/yourideas.aspx
Important Safety
Considerations
It is of paramount
importance to remain anonymous in your research. Serious
organized criminals are behind sex trafficking operations and
they will not take kindly to you interfering in their
business. It is important to remember that these are violent
people who have no respect for the human rights of their
victims, or anyone else who may disrupt their money-making
enterprises.
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Keep the names and details of the coordinating and research
teams completely anonymous.
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Make sure when calling these establishment that you are
untraceable (see above).
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If
you feel in the course of your research you are straying
into dangerous territory desist.
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When speaking to the press, ensure that all quotes and
spokespersons remain anonymous.
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Do
not directly challenge any establishment suspected of
sex-trafficking: leave all confrontation to the police.
It is also important to
consider the safety, rights and wishes of the women working in
the brothels when deciding upon any action.
Croydon Community against
Trafficking: The Plan in Action
The Croydon Community
against Trafficking (CCAT) is the first organization of its
kind, whose history of success and struggle illustrate the
impact community action can have.
Following the publication of
the Poppy Project’s report, ‘Sex in the City: Mapping
Commercial Sex across London’ in 2004, citizens in Croydon
were shocked to learn that Croydon had the 3rd
largest sex industry in London. Knowing that an estimated 87%
of women working in brothels are foreign-nationals and are
likely to be victims of trafficking, community members deduced
that it was extremely probable that Croydon was implicated in
playing host to modern-day slavery.
From this knowledge came a
strong desire to take action—to send a message that
sex-trafficking will not be tolerated by the people of Croydon.
Initially, a research team
of individuals was formed and embarked upon a fact-finding
task. The team started cataloguing the ‘saunas’, ‘massage
parlours’ and ‘escort services’ of Croydon, drawing
information from private advertisements in newspapers,
newsagents and the internet. The nature of these
establishments was then explored through a telephone research
campaign, in which male members of the community posed as
punters.
The findings were
astonishing. Of the 100 working establishments probed, 100%
offered sexual services in return for cash. 65 of these
brothels were selling-sex everyday of the week. From the
research, CCAT offered the conservative estimate that, at any
one time, 50 women were working in off-street sites in Croydon.
Nor was this a stagnant or declining phenomenon; CCAT found
that 35 new brothels opened between February and October 2006.
Most importantly, it was
found that 84% of the women working in the off-street sites
were from overseas. This fact alone makes it highly likely
that trafficking was occurring. More evidence that
sex-trafficking is as endemic to Croydon as to the rest of the
country followed. For one, the decline in the price of sexual
services during the period in which the research was conducted
(reaching as low as £30 in some cases), as well as the variety
of depraved services being offered, suggested to researchers
that the women in these establishments were not in the
sex-industry by choice, and were not in control of their
bodies. Furthermore, members of locally based sexual-health
outreach NGO suspected that up to 99% of the women in brothels
they encountered had been trafficked into the sex-industry.
The Poppy Project also told researchers that they had provided
accommodation and support for 3 victims of sex-trafficking who
were enslaved in Croydon’s brothels.
From this rich base of
research, the decision was made to take this information to
the relevant law enforcement and government agencies in
Croydon. A dialogue was established with the police and local
council, which has led to a number of progressive achievements
(see below).
CCAT have also illustrated
how successfully the wider community’s energy can be mobilized
in the campaign to end the abhorrent crime of sex-trafficking.
Through a series of awareness raising events—including school
assemblies, free film screenings, poster and flier
distribution and press coverage—the original research team has
evolved into a wide coalition of faith groups, community
groups and other concerned citizens. This support has not been
passive. On the contrary, Croydon citizens have been actively
involved in letter-writing campaigns, public stunts, the
lobbying of local government, press and police as well as
other public displays of support. This backing has been
crucial in putting pressure on those in a position to end
sex-slavery in Croydon to take action, and was the key force
behind the campaigns success in instigating change.
Awareness rising in Croydon
has not been solely about garnering support, however. The role
education plays in tackling the demand for prostitution is of
equal importance. CCAT realized that the role men play in
providing the incentive for traffickers to enslave young women
is at the heart of the problem. In engaging with and educating
men as to the brutal exploitation involved the sex industry,
CCAT has hoped to reduce the economy for slavery in Croydon.
Achievements of the CCAT
The strength of the research
conducted by CCAT, as well the momentum it has gained from
extensive and energetic community support, has led to a number
of achievements:
The Community
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CCAT prides itself on the groundswell of community support
it has experienced. CCAT now has a whopping 2,250 signed-up
members, including both individuals and organizations.
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The membership has been extremely active in spreading
awareness, lobbying the press, police and council and
educating the public. This pressure has led to the relevant
agencies in Croydon taking effective steps against
sex-trafficking.
The Police
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The police were so impressed with the thoroughness of the
research conducted that they asked to make use of the
information for their ’Pentameter 2’ operation—a massive
police operation to rescue and protect victims of
trafficking.
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Before the CCAT was launched, there was one police officer
in charge of anti-trafficking action in the whole of south
London. This officer was only able to spend half-a-day per
week concentrating on this role. In placing the once
invisible blight of trafficking on the political and
policing agenda in Croydon, CCAT have led to the
metropolitan police extending their anti-trafficking
provision in Croydon. There is now an officer responsible
for anti-trafficking operations in Croydon alone.
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There has also been a sub-committee of the Police Action
Group (PAG) established to work on anti-trafficking
operations: The Community Facility Sexual Crimes
Sub-Committee. Members of CCAT hold seats on this
sub-committee, which will ensure that people-trafficking
remains a permanent and unavoidable concern for policing in
the area.
The Council
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The dialogue established with the local council has led to
some concrete improvements in their policy towards
sex-trafficking. The licensing department, responsible for
issuing permits to massage parlours, agreed to cross check
their records of licensed premises with CCAT’s list of
establishments offering sexual services. This found that one
premises on CCAT’s list was licensed by the local council.
Following this CCAT asked for the local council to look at
closing down the unlicensed establishments offering sexual
services uncovered by CCAT’s research tem. Steve O’Connell,
deputy leader of the council, instructed licensing officers
to investigate newspaper adverts for ‘massage parlours’ and
other services and see if they are licensed, and to take
appropriate action if they are not.
The Local Press
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The Croydon Guardian, one of Croydon’s major local
newspapers, has met with CCAT and has agreed to look into
what they can do to tackle the phenomenon of
sex-trafficking; specifically in its links to private
advertisements. The newspaper has agreed to investigate the
nature of the establishments advertised, and to take
appropriate action where it is clear that services are of an
illegal nature. It has also launched an ongoing press
campaign exposing the abhorrent crime of people-trafficking,
as well as reporting on the CCAT campaign. This is an
ongoing campaign, and CCAT is continuing to put pressure on
the local papers to end the advertisement of such services
altogether.
Local MPS
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CCAT has won support from local MP Andrew Pelling, who has
been very vocal in his admiration for the research and
campaigning conducted. Not only this, he was also
sufficiently affected to get involved on a practical level
by writing to local newspapers to express his concern over
their advertising policies. He has even raised the work of
CCAT in a parliamentary debate.
Funding
National Organizations
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The campaign has been welcomed by professionals working to
combat trafficking in the UK. The rich data collected has
been made use of by a number of high-profile human rights,
women’s rights and child protection agencies, including the
Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR).
CCAT serves as an
inspirational example for all of us. Their successes and
spirit show all of us that when citizens take a stand against
injustice suffered on their doorsteps, change happens.
Useful Websites
DirectGov (local council
listings)
http://local.direct.gov.uk/mycouncil
The Newspaper Society (local
newspaper listings)
http://www.newspapersoc.org.uk
The UK Police Service (list
of UK Police forces)
http://www.police.uk/forces.htm
UK Land Registry (details of
who owns property)
http://www.landreg.gov.uk/
Amnesty International (Find
a Local Group)
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/listgroups.asp
The Poppy Project (Provides
accommodation and support for victims of trafficking)
http://www.eaves4women.co.uk/POPPY_Project/POPPY_Project.php
Mainliners (Provides
sexual-health support to those working in the sex industry)
http://www.mailiners.com
Churches Together in England
http://www.churches-together.net/
List of the UK’s local
inter-faith groups
http://www.interfaith.co.uk/localgroups.htm
Yell (Online Address
Database)
http://www.yell.com
BT (Telephone Directory)
http://www.bt.com
The Croydon Community
against Trafficking
http://www.theccat.com/
Stop The Traffik (global
anti-trafficking campaign)
http://www.stopthetraffik.org
The Truth Isn’t Sexy
(awareness raising project)
http://www.thetruthisntsexy.com
The Salvation Army (run an
anti-trafficking campaign)
http://www.salvationarmy.org.uk
Amazing Grace Film Website
http://www.amazinggracemovie.com/
Lilja 4-ever film website
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0300140/
National Association for
Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA) Website
http://www.navca.org.uk/
London Voluntary Service
Council
http://www.actionlink.org.uk/
The Wates Foundation Website
http://www.watesfoundation.org.uk/index.html
Further Reading
More Information on CCAT
Terms of Reference – CCAT
1. Steering Group
1.1 The steering group shall consist of one
person from each sub-group, a representative of the Salvation
Army during the period of partnership, and the officers
specified below. In addition the steering group may second
anyone it chooses to invite, for a single meeting or a period
of time. Normally the group would consist of approximately 10
members. It would normally include the representative who
attends Partnership Action Group meetings. The CCAT Co-ordinator
should attend most meetings of the steering group. Others may
be invited to attend all or part of any meeting as and when
appropriate.
1.2
Officers on the steering group should include a chairperson,
secretary, budget control officer, and the line manager of the
CCAT co-ordinator. Steering group members may decide their own
roles and may hold more than one position if appropriate.
1.3
Steering group meetings should be held monthly, with
additional ad hoc meetings as appropriate.
1.4
Quorum necessary for the steering group shall be 4 members,
to include 2 officers and 2 sub-group representatives.
1.5
The chairperson and a delegated officer in his/her absence
shall have delegated authority to make decisions on behalf of
CCAT.
1.6 Minutes of all steering group meetings
shall be circulated promptly to all members of sub-groups, and
the CCAT co-ordinator.
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Sub-groups
2.1
Sub-groups may be set up by the steering group as
appropriate. Each group will report to the steering group as
requested. A representative of each group shall attend
steering groups meetings.
2.2
Anyone may attend and contribute to sub-groups. Individuals
may join more than one sub-group.
2.3
Sub-groups meet as decided by their members as necessary for
their work to be carried out.
2.4
Sub groups should record their meetings in the form of “action
notes”.
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CCAT co-ordinator.
3.1 The co-ordinator is an employee, working to
the steering group.
3.2
He/she will report directly to a line manager who is a member
of the Salvation Army and sits on the steering group.
3.3
The co-ordinator has direct access to the chairperson, or a
person delegated in the chairperson’s absence to take
decisions on behalf of CCAT.
3.4
The co-ordinator may attend and work with any sub-group
meetings by arrangement, but need take instruction only from
the steering group as above.
4
Whole group meetings.
4.1
Every six months meetings open to all involved with CCAT and
the general public will be held. The chairperson shall attend
to report on the activity of the group. The meetings should
include reports, discussion, and opportunity for socializing.
5
Involvement of other groups and organizations.
5.1
CCAT welcomes the involvement of community, faith, and
campaigning organisations.
5.2
Representatives and members of such groups will not
automatically be part of the steering group. They will be
welcomed into sub-groups, and their presence available for
secondment onto the steering group as appropriate.
6
Changes to terms of reference.
6.1 Changes to CCAT terms of reference may be
made by the steering group after discussion with subgroups.
Outline of CCAT structure
Steering Group (SG)
Composition:
·
Chairperson,
·
secretary,
·
budget control officer,
·
Line manager of the CCAT co-ordinator.
·
One person from each sub-group,
·
A representative of the Salvation
Army during the period of partnership
Steering group members may decide their own
roles and may hold more than one position if appropriate.
In addition the steering group may second
anyone it chooses to invite, for a single meeting or a period
of time. Normally the group would consist of approximately 10
members. It would normally include the representative who
attends Partnership Action Group meetings. The CCAT Co-ordinator
should attend most meetings of the steering group.
Function:
·
Direct strategy.
·
Report to members and funding
organisations.
·
Recruit and support and staff.
·
Allocate, control and report on
financial matters. (Accounting and auditing to be carried out
by Salvation Army.)
·
Set up and direct any sub-groups.
Employee
(To include some or all of
the following)
·
Works to CCAT steering group,
through an officer of the Salvation Army.
·
Working with, and supporting, the
Steering Group
·
Arranging networking
events\conferences
·
Liaison connecting point between
public and CCAT. (chairperson main public face.?)
·
Developing the programme,
including necessary administration, data, and information
systems, and management strategies.
·
Ensuring the effective
implementation of monitoring, evaluation and administrative
systems that will support the programme. Prepares reports as
required.
·
Some outreach presentations at
conferences, schools, and workplaces. (In addition to group
members, who should do most of this)
·
Developing/ strengthening
partnerships and networking with key contacts, local and
national agencies working to eliminate sex trafficking.
·
Keeping up to date with
trafficking issues; locally, nationally and internationally.
·
Reviewing relevant research,
surveys and other available information.
·
Carrying out and collating local
CCAT research alongside group members.
·
May generate articles, papers,
and reports on sex trafficking.
·
Being pro-active in fundraising,
in particular funding applications.
Sub-Groups
Main purpose: to engage the
local community to become involved in the issue.
Group functions will change,
and groups may be created and end according to circumstances.
People may take part in more than one group. Ideas from groups
go to steering group, and steering group advises and reports
back to groups.
As of 2007 the following
groups seem desirable:
Fund-raising
·
Investigate funding
possibilities.
·
Apply to trusts etc with
employee.
·
Look at selling adverts on
website.
Communications
·
Updating website
·
Develop possible newsletter
·
Look at internal group
communication.
·
PR? Look at this function.
Campaigning – (new-members
group part of this.)
·
Public awareness
·
Education – particularly punters
and young people.
·
Events
·
Lobbying
·
Networking
·
Engaging others in letter-writing
and all campaigns.
·
Network with other
groups/organisations, with employee.
New members sub group – or 1
person.
·
Works out of Campaigning group.
·
Follows up enquiries received
from public who wish to get involved.
·
Matches individuals with
sub-groups and voluntary tasks as appropriate.
Research
·
Organise and carry out ongoing
research at local level.
·
Develop proposals for action
research and data-collection.
·
Considers dissemination\promotion
of results and data.
·
Develop awareness of other
research and communicate it as appropriate.
Care
·
Ensures constant available
emergency care for any rescued victims.
·
Liaises with police as necessary.
·
Looks for ways to reach victims
in Croydon e,g by developing 24 hr helpline.
·
Networks with other groups
providing care.
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