Human traffickers seek victims of economic and social hardships for labour and sexual exploitation

The spectre of the overcoated Fagin looming large over the lives of dependent children is one of the most enduring characters of children’s fiction.

A schemer who trains children to be pickpockets, while providing them with food and somewhere to stay, has become synonymous with exploitation since Oliver Twist was published almost two centuries ago.

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