HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND OPERATION GOLF

That this House notes with concern that the Government will not be opting in to the EU Directive on Human Trafficking; further notes that Operation Golf, a joint human trafficking investigation team between the Metropolitan Police and the Romanian National Police came to an end in December 2010; praises the outstanding work of the Operation that targeted one of the largest child trafficking rings in Europe; calls on the Government to consider human trafficking as an international crime that requires an international response founded on partnership working across EU countries; and urges the Government to encourage more joint EU investigations such as that of Operation Golf in order to protect those who fall victim to human trafficking and to prosecute those who commit this crime.