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Deputy Assistant Commissioner Jane Connors is overseeing the team.

Deputy Assistant Commissioner Jane Connors is overseeing the team.

Naomi Johnson, 23, and Benjamin O'Shea, 26, of Southwark, central London, were found guilty of physically abusing their eight-week-old girl Amina and of cruelty to another child.

The number of human trafficking offences recorded by Essex Police since 2015 have been revealed. A Freedom of Information (FOI) request, published by the force, shows data for each year - starting from 2015 to the present day. According to charity Unseen UK, human trafficking can be defined as "the movement of people by means such as force, fraud, coercion or deception, with the aim of exploiting them. It is a form of modern slavery." However this does not always involve international transportation. Trafficking in the UK can include commercial, sexual and bonded labour.  A sp...

Detective Inspector John Marriott from the Met's Serious Crime Command, who is leading the investigation, said: "I understand how daunting it can be to come forward after such a terrible crime but investigations like this rely on the bravery of witnesses who find it in themselves to do so. “My officers are here to provide whatever support we can to anyone who is willing to tell us what they know. “Sami’s family have been devastated by the senseless loss of their son. For three years they have had only questions, but no justice." Sami's father Samer urged the anonymous caller to be a bra...