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Nicholson calls for greater international action against human trafficking

Following a PSNI operation in Belfast rescuing 6 women who were victims of human trafficking, Jim Nicholson MEP - Conservatives and Unionists Euro candidate - has urged greater European and international co-operation in the fight against trafficking.

Mr. Nicholson said, "The rescue of 6 women who had been victims of human trafficking is a stark reminder that Northern Ireland is not untouched by this modern slave trade. I congratulate the PSNI, police services elsewhere in the UK, the Border Agency and Women's Aid for their work in this particular operation. I trust that the 6 women will now be given every support necessary as they recover from their ordeal.

"Human trafficking - of children, women and men - is an evil that must be confronted at every level: regional, national, European and international".