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 Knife Amnesty - Game Over 4 Knives

Crimestoppers, in support of the national knife amnesty, created microsite www.gameover4knives.com aimed at educating young people about the dangers of carrying knives. Key Messages the amnesty wishes to impart are:
  • Knife crime is being taken seriously by the police and Home Office
  • It is not an effective means of protection
  • Disposing of knives should be done carefully by wrapping them in cardboard.
The microsite has proved to be a success, and so was developed as a lively, informative site with greater appeal for young people. The site includes:
  • A fun viral game, where players have to make the streets safe by disposing knives safely into different coloured boxes
  • A competition to win an iPod Nano (ended 27th September 2007)
  • Information on knife law
  • An educational resource for teachers, or youth workers
Phil Pyatt, Crimestoppers Youth Projects Co-ordinator said: "We want to encourage young people to visit the site and have fun playing the game and to enter the competitions. At the same time they are getting useful information about the seriousness of carrying a knife and what the law says. Young people may think it's cool to carry a knife to be like their friends, or maybe they think they need it for protection. We want them to get the message that it is never cool to carry a knife, there are serious penalties and you are actually putting yourself in danger if you carry one."
  • Currently it is suspected that a vast number of knife related crimes go unreported and don't find their way into official crime statistics.
  • The majority of both offenders and victims are under the age of twenty five and a many are of school age.
 Most Wanted

Hertfordshire Crimestoppers is your local branch of Crimestoppers UK who have designed a comprehensive record of current police appeals across the UK.

The Most Wanted system includes the national Most Wanted list and specific Local appeals for which we urgently need further information.

The advanced Search facility can help you find specific appeals anywhere in the UK.
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Please visit Most Wanted by clicking here to see if you can help. As always with Crimestoppers, your call will be anonymous and we are NOT the police.		 Human Trafficking

{short description of image} Every year, thousands of women are brought into the UK to make money for sex traffickers. These women want to escape poverty, and build better lives. They may have answered a misleading job advert, or been promised work abroad by a friend or acquaintance. Some are actually sold by their desperate families; others are abducted by strangers.

Some of these women are aware that they're joining the sex industry. But they've usually been sold a 'Pretty Woman' tale: a glamorous opportunity that will enable them to make enough money to help their families.
Whether lured, kidnapped or paid for, these women end up in the hands of the traffickers. Some are kept in brothels, in known 'red-light' areas. But many are locked up in ordinary flats and houses, often in the suburbs or in 'respectable' small towns. The neighbours - YOU - rarely have any idea of what's going on.

And what's going on is brutal. Stripped of their passports and money, and often without a word of English, they are at the mercy of the traffickers. They are beaten, raped and threatened into submission. They're told that if they step out of line, their children and families back home will suffer, or even be killed. Very quickly, they're so terrified that, even if they are allowed out on their own, they won't risk the consequences of trying to escape.

From the start, the women are told they must pay back the (hugely inflated) cost of their travel to the UK. They even have to reimburse the amount the trafficker paid for them in the first place. And there are always new 'fines' and charges for food and board.
To all intents and purposes, these women are slaves. Their dreams of a better life have become a constant nightmare of violence, rape and terror.

This is happening in Hertfordshire. If you know information or you just have some suspicions or even, you're not sure - make a difference, make a call - 0800 555 111. As always with Crimestoppers, your call is anonymous, we are NOT the police, we are NOT immigration.

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