The information for the number of notifications and prosecutions is not held. However following the commencement of dedicated trafficking offences in 2004 the number of convictions in each police authority in England and Wales is as follows:
Police authority Number of convictions London Metropolitan 2004 1 2005 11 2006 0 South Yorkshire 2004 2 2005 5 2006 0 West Yorkshire 2004 0 2005 1 2006 0 South Wales 2004 0 2005 2 2006 0 Leicestershire 2004 0 2005 2 2006 0 West Midlands 2004 0 2005 0 2006 3 Kent 2004 0 2005 3 2006 0
Operation Pentameter, a multi-agency initiative aimed at tackling the trafficking of human beings for sexual exploitation was recently co-ordinated across the whole of the UK. All 55 police forces and a number of NGOs were involved. 84 victims of trafficking were rescued during the operation. This operation will result in an increase in the number of convictions when they go to court.