Cork: A 17-year-old Chinese girl arrived in Cork Airport from Barcelona. The Garda identified that the girl did not have correct identification papers. The HSE placed the girl in an emergency care placement in a small town in Co. Cork, over the weekend. Approximately 24 to 48 hours later, the HSE moved the girl to a new care placement. It is reported that the girl was highly distressed at this move. Four days after her arrival in Ireland, the girl disappeared during the day when walking down the street in the town. Apparently, the girl has since been found.
Dublin: A 10-year-old Romanian Roma girl was taken into HSE care by the Gardaí in Dublin in emergency circumstances. She went missing from her care placement less than a week later. The 10-year-old girl was suspected to have been subject to an arranged marriage to an 18-year-old. The teenager concerned was also missing.
County Louth: A 16-year-old Burundi girl came to the attention of Gardaí in Co. Louth after she was held captive in a house and abused. She had been taken from her home village in Africa at age 12 and inducted into sex slavery in different countries before being trafficked to Ireland. The girl recalled being trafficked through at least two airports before arriving in Ireland.
Dublin: A 17-year-old Sudanese girl was introduced to a Nigerian man by a family ‘friend’ who promised her an education in Europe. The man brought her to Dublin via Manchester and Belfast. While travelling, she was told to assume a Nigerian identity. She was given clothes and boots and a bag of condoms and was told to do anything that clients wanted. She was forced to have sex with a minimum of four men per night.
Kilkenny: An underage female from Nigeria was found by Gardaí in a brothel in Kilkenny and was identified as a suspected victim of trafficking. Following her arrest in a brothel in Kilkenny the girl was taken into HSE care. She was charged at Carlow District Court with failing to produce identity papers. Her case was originally heard in early July 2008 and she was remanded on continuing bail to appear again on 9 September 2008. She failed to show up for her court appearance in September and was reported missing. Her whereabouts are unknown.
A 15-year-old Somalian girl was rescued from a brothel after being trafficked to Ireland. Hostel staff requested an extra childcare worker for the girl, but this request was refused and the girl went missing a day later.
A 16-year-old Romanian girl was trafficked to Ireland and controlled by a group of traffickers who locked her in a flat, together with other girls. She was forced to prostitute herself from 12pm to 4am. After the police raid, she was repatriated to Romania. She has since been supported to return to education, successfully passing her exams.