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>> since the end of operation pentameter 2, there have been no other coordinated national operations in britain to combat sex trafficking. all the police officers featured in this program returned to their normal duties. meanwhile, the multibillion human trafficking business continues to thrive both in britain and around the world. human rights advocates charge that law enforcement doesnt do enough either in america or in other countries to fight it. operation pentameter 2 and its success is mor...

Exploded the number of slaves in the world today. exploded the number of people that are trafficked. many of these people want to move from point a to point b. but what they dont sign up for is the rank exploitation, the abuse, the rape, the violence, the slavery that happens at point b. >> freeze! >> police, stay where you are. >> when it was all over, operation pentameter 2 became the biggest crackdown against international sex trafficking in british history. >> your hands, please. >> in all, ...

>> regardless of his criminal activities, you would think he would least be concerned about his immigration status. but the fact that he actually showed up i think shows the degree to which traffickers, human traffickers, still operate with total impunity in our society. >> they dont feel that they are going to get in trouble for this. when you feel that you are not going to get in trouble, youre not going to hide it. >> coming up, operation pentameter 2 nets its biggest fish yet. >> in here, in...

>> if lilly doesnt positively id gomart, the team wont have enough evidence to convict him, and will have no choice but to see him walk free. >> speak to you privately rather than the canteen? >> yeah. >> she has positively and clearly identified gomart, when i asked what did he do, he drove the girls around. >> good. couldnt ask better than that. thats excellent. >> lilly is shown photographs of all her traffickers and positively identifies each member of the gang. and now almost a year out fro...

In the uk. >> i never heard bad things about england, you know. you work waitress or you work babysit, you make good money. >> i hear only the promise of some form of paid work and thats not done for free. thats done as a debt to the person, the organization bringing them over. arrive here, then all of a sudden at some stage its explained hang on, there isnt actually a job, you still owe us 5,000, 10,000 pounds or whatever it is, you owe us. >> in the town of bedfordshire, 60 miles north of lond...

>> if lilly doesnt positively i.d.gomart, the team wont have enough evidence to convict him and will have no close but to see him walk free. >> can i speak to you. >> yeah. >> shes positively and clearly identified gomart. can i ask what did he do? she says, he is the one who girls the drove around. >> did she id him as the man called tu? >> yes. >> good. >> couldnt ask better than that. excellent. >> lilly is shown photographs of all her traffickers and positively identifies each member of the ...

Four different naps. >> but trafficking is an international crime. and operation pentameter 2 is now traveling from britain to island. a major break through by the police has brought one of the investigative teams from deppon and cornwall to bangkok. >> we have managed to break up the uk network andes a the thai police in breaking up the thai network in bangkok. >> since safely returning to thailand, lilly has been working with the royal thai police. information she has given them led to the arr...

Anonymous names. these are people in our communities creating this demand for these traffickers. >> this is one victim but she was rained, held unlawfully against her will. you will find brothels and victims in every town in england. >> and a supply of human trafficking victims is only expanding. >> the global recession has exploded the number of slaves, exploded the number of people that are he trafficked. many people want to move from point a to point b what they dont sign up for is the abuse,...

>> british police have developed a better understanding of how the network that trafficked the victim known as lilly operates in the uk. >> im surprised at how weve managed to unravel it, let me put it that way, because it is frustrating. everybody seems to have about four different names. >> but trafficking is an international crime. and operation pentameter 2 is now traveling from britain to thailand. a major break through by the police has brought one of the investigative team from def -- dev...

Some form of paid work and thats not done for free. thats done as a debt to the person, the organization bringing them over. arrive here, then all of a sudden at some stage its explained hang on, there isnt actually a job, you still owe us 5,000, 10,000 pounds or whatever it is, you owe us. >> in the town of bedfordshire, 60 miles north of london, officers jason duning and paul cook, working in concert with operation pentameter two are pursuing a new lead. a woman from astonia has agreed to test...