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Valley. The brainchild of Nigel Rix, of Clitheroe Christians in Partnership, a Question Time-style event will feature at St Michael and St John’s Parish Hall on Friday, Octo­ ber 23rd. However, this will be a little different to the television version, as it will feature not


just the opinions of the pan­ ellists but their firsthand experience rescuing and safeguarding victims of hu­ man trafficking. Human trafficking and


. modern day slavery are just round the corner from us ail and there have been a


number of arrests and vie-, tims rescued in East Lan­ cashire involving crimes associated with enforced. labour, domestic servitude, shoplifting and prostitution. Most traffickinggoes unde­ tected, with both rescues and convictions low.


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Up until now the police have generally been forced to chase convictions for lesser offences in pursuing traf­ fickers and it proved difficult to meet the threshold of evi­ dence for the most serious crimes actually committed. In many instances the police have had to be satisfied that they have rescued victims and disrupted the traffick­ ers’activities. The Modern Slavery Act, .which became law in March, now makes it easier to pros-


ecute traffickers and give stiffer sentences. A week on Sunday, October. 18th, will be the fourth Anti- Slavery Day and Lancashire Police will extend their anti­ slavery activities throughout the week. The more people understand the issue and know what to look for, the


'more victims will be rescued and the more traffickers pros­ ecuted. Trafficking Question Time is a free event and an opportunity to hear the reality of what is happen­ ing from a panel of experts. Chaired by Mark Wiggin, of Caritas Salford, the panel­ lists will bring a wide variety of experiences to the ques­ tion time table. And those seeking a ticket for the event are asked if they want to supply a ques­ tion to put to the panel for ,


Most trafficking goes undetected with rescues and convictions low


tion or to find out what is actually happening in East Lancashire. For others it will to raise controversial issues, such as whether legalising pros­ titution would increase or decrease trafficking or whether pornography leads to more men seeking prosti­ tutes and hence results in more womenbeing trafficked to meet that de­ mand. Mark Wiggin is


discussion. For many it may simply be a . question for more informa-


the chief executive of Caritas Diocese of Salford, which is developing and delivering a range of projects and servic­ es responding to local needs in the Diocese of Salford. He is a trustee of Maundy Relief, an Accrington-based charity serving the local community and a trustee of the Volun­ teer Missionary Movement, which places professionally qualified volunteers in Af­ rica, and has himself worked as a teacher in Gulu, North­ ern Uganda. Currently Cari­


tas is the co-ordinatorofthe Refugee Response for the Diocese of Salford. Lord Alton of Liverpool is a former Liberal Party and later Liberal Democrat mem­ ber of Parliament who has sat as an Independent Cross- bench member of the House of Lords since 1997 when he was made a life peer. He is noted for his human rights work, including the co­ founding of Jubilee Action, now Chance for Childhood, which was recognised when he was appointed as a Knight Commander of the Order of St Gregory the Great in 2008. David contributed to amendments to the Modern Slavery Bill passed in Parlia­ ment earlier this year. He is the author of 12 books- most recently one on North Korea - and recently returned from a visit to Burmese refugee camps. He is Professor of Cit­ izenship at Liverpool John Moore’s University. Det. Supt Sue Cawley is Head of Public Protection at Lan­ cashire Constabulary with


he plight of those subjected to hu­ man trafficking and modern day slavery will again come under the spotlight at


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the lead on human traffick­ ing. She is also chairman of the Lancashire Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Confer­ ence, chair of the Pan-Lan­ cashire Domestic Abuse Strategic Group and vice­ chair of the Lancashire stra­ tegic group forced marriage dealing with honour based abuse and female genital mu­ tilation. Mike Emberson is project director with the Medai- lle Trust, a Roman Catholic charity that provides seven safe houses in the UK for victims rescued from human trafficking. Essentially a UK charity, the Mcdaillc Trust has partners with Mary Ward Loreto in Albania and Mama Margaret’s in Ken­ ya. These charities work to improve education and em­ ployment opportunities in order to prevent vulnerable people falling prey to traf­ fickers. Mike was previously CEO with Migrant Help and before that deputy director, before becoming director of research and development


with the Salvation Army. Hannah Flint is the North of England regional devel­ opment executive for the International Justice Mis­ sion, a global organisation that protects people from violence including sex traf­ ficking and forced labour ■ slavery. 1JM partners with local authorities in 13 devel­ oping countries to rescue victims, restore survivors, bring criminals to justice and strengthen justice sys­ tems. Hannah raises aware­


ness in churches, business, schools and media and pro-■


vidcs training in partnership with police, border force and other non-governmental organisations on the signs of


human trafficking. The event on Friday, October 23rd, at St Michael and St


John’s Parish Hall, Lower- gate, Clitheroe, starts at 7-30 pm with doors openingat 7pm. Free tickets can be ob­


tained by emailing question time@caritassalford.org.uk


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