Police have been unable to trace hundreds of young African boys who have disappeared from schools in London, it emerged today.

A CHILD trafficker who may have smuggled the Thames “torso boy” into Britain was jailed for four-and-a-half years yesterday.

DETECTIVES hunting the killer of the “torso in the Thames” victim last night said they had smashed the gang suspected of smuggling the African youngster into Britain.

A Nigerian man questioned by police over the suspected ritual sacrifice of a young boy in London was appearing in court in Dublin today.

British detectives hunting the killer of a young boy whose torso was found floating in London's River Thames were today in Nigeria to chase up vital new leads.