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Children
With regard to child victims of trafficking, police
responsibilities may include:
- identification of children at risk, (e.g. following
raids on off-street sites, responding to referrals from other agencies
or members of the public, following up reports of children missing
from care);
- contributing to the development of victim profiling with
other agencies;
- undertaking joint interviews with social workers
(according to guidelines in ‘Achieving Best Evidence’)
of children identified as victims or potential victims to assess risk
and assist in the development of protection plans;
- carry out checks on
sponsors and 'uncles' and 'aunts' who claim to be the relatives of
children already identified as being at risk of trafficking;
- receiving and seeking intelligence, undertaking
investigations, with immigration officials and any other appropriate
parties;
- use and contribution to the development of investigation
toolkits for trafficking work;
- participating in local child protection networks with
related organisations (immigration, social services, NGOs, health,
education) to develop joint approaches to the issue at local level and
contribute to wider forums as appropriate;
- responding to media enquiries and utilising publicity as
appropriate to raise awareness and hence improve the quality of
intelligence and investigations;
- log intelligence material as specified and ensure links
with other forces and national/international policing organisations;
- if children
disappear, initiate missing persons procedures, investigate
circumstances and circulate information/undertake investigations,
linking with other agencies as required.
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