Part of 2. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children – in the Senedd at 2:59 pm on 18 October 2017.
Mark Isherwood
Conservative
2:59,
18 October 2017
Concern has been raised with me that human trafficking through Holyhead port is getting worse, but that not enough of the victims desperate to be found are being found, and that, despite this, it’s so far been impossible to get the six north Wales county representatives around the table. How, therefore, do you respond to the findings of the North Wales Police serious and organised crime local profile modern-day slavery report that there’s evidence of organised crime groups operating in north Wales by trafficking victims through Holyhead port to Ireland or employing victims in nail bars or pop-up brothels, and of groups based in north Wales, tied by familial bonds, who target vulnerable males for manual labour and canvassing?
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