The number of trafficking victims detected has risen for the third consecutive year, the latest report on the crime has revealed.

A victim of domestic labour exploitation had told her story to Jehovah’s Witnesses who came to the door of her employer, eventually triggering her release, a conference on human trafficking heard yesterday.

A NEW initiative aimed at changing the “shameful” way Ireland treats victims of sex trafficking will be launched in Dublin tomorrow.

HUMAN trafficking will finally become a criminal offence when new legislation is passed in the coming weeks.

The Government has set up a new special unit to combat human trafficking, it was announced today.