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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 doesn't do enough either in america or in other countries to fight it. operation pentameter 2 and its success is more the exception than the rule. for msnbc, i'm natalie morales. thanks for watching.

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 don't 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, british police rescued 164 victims and arrested 406 suspects. 67 people were charged with trafficki...

>> 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 don't feel that they are going to get in trouble for this. when you feel that you are not going to get in trouble, you're not going to hide it. >> coming up, operation pentameter 2 nets its biggest fish yet. >> in here, in here! no one could have left this much money here. whoo-hoo-hoo! yet many seniors who compare med...

>> if lilly doesn't positively id gomart, the team won't 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. couldn't ask better than that. that's excellent. >> lilly is shown photographs of all her traffickers and positively identifies each member of the gang. and now almost a year out from her ordeal, she has also given the police a much fuller view of what actually happened to her....

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 that's not done for free. that's done as a debt to the person, the organization bringing them over. arrive here, then all of a sudden at some stage it's explained hang on, there isn't 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 pu...