THE HOLLIE GREIG CASE + COVERUP BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT
LETTER SENT TO MEDIA, PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATIVES, HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANISATIONS + PUBLIC FIGURES WITH VERY LITTLE RESPONSE {except notably Henry Makow, David Icke, <a href="http://www.abeldanger.net/2010/06/bbc-hollie-greig-pedophile-snuff-films.html%22%3EAbleDanger.Net%3C/a>, UK Column, some online media sites - no positive reply of any kind from any parliamentary reps, human rights orgs or tabloid newspapers}:
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing to you hoping you can help us in something terrible that is going down now, of which there is a massive cover-up in all British media - the papers and tv + radio - the subject being crimes of paedophilia which began on a young 6 year old Downs Syndrome sufferer called Hollie Greig. Throughout Great Britain the case involving the crimes of sexual abuse Hollie Greig and 8 other young children had to suffer along with the paedophile perpetrators names have been systematically kept from being reported in the main media by a devious coverup , meaning the perpetrators of these appalling crimes have not yet been brought to justice and children will continue to be hurt as long as this unspoken coverup stays in place. The paedophiles involved in the ring in which they operated in Aberdeen, for 14 years in Hollies case, consisted of a top policeman {now deceased}, a High Sheriff, nurses, lawyers, social workers and more, including Hollies own father and brother. Hollies uncle Roy, who found out about the abuse his neice was suffering, threatened to go to the authorities but was murderered in very suspicious circumstances before he could. The PDF file link below, from the "Palestine Telegraph", an online magazine, explains the entire situation but not all, as many other illegal activities have also been undertaken by certain police forces, Grampian and West Mercia to name just 2.
I personally since March have submitted 5 crime reports detailing the crimes to Grampian police and to my local police, to which nothing has been done, so 3 official complaints have been issued relative to those, each one ignored also, so finally I am complaining to the head of complaints at the PCCS, which is getting nowhere. I have asked numerous times for FOI Act information and have been passed from pillar to post over that too, getting nowhere. On the 11th Feb. I issued a crime report as per the Palestine Telegraph report to the Grampian police commissioner J. Mcneill which hes not answered at all as yet, and my MP has refused to let me speak with him about the Hollie Greig case, so all i can do is send him a crime report.
Also the Procurator Fiscal in Scotland, who has lied on occasion about having knowledge of this case, has used public funds to pay her dubious lawyers Levy and McRae for actions undertaken by the law firm which must be investigated properly. The law firm appealed to the Press Complaints Commission trying to stop "The Drum" online site from reporting about these payments but the Press Commission denied their application for the stopping of reporting = <a href="http://www.facebook.com/l/75c45L1KxtL2cPKig2W6OW3piKg/www.thedrum.co.uk/news/2010/07/28/14961-press-complaints-commission-finds-in-favour-of-the-drum/" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/l/75c45L1KxtL2cPKig2W6OW3piKg/www.thedrum.co.uk/news/2010/07/28/14961-press-complaints-commission-finds-in-favour-of-the-drum/</a>
The Procurator Fiscal, Elish Angilioni, has since resigned oddly from the post - her resignation coming into effect later in the spring.
She has acted appallingly throughout dealing with the Hollie Greig case, and her lies are even in writing in 2 letters shes sent {these are online at<a href="http://www.facebook.com/l/75c457vO9q8SiIWHsNO94F053sA/www.tpuc.com" target="_blank"> http://www.facebook.com/l/75c457vO9q8SiIWHsNO94F053sA/www.tpuc.com</a> and can be sent on request} - one letter contradicting her statement in the other letter denying all knowledge of this case. The truth is shes known very much about this case since the year 2000 when it first came to her attention and her covering up of it began. She realised who some of the paedophiles were and she could not allow these names to become public knowledge, particularly the High Sheriff Buchanen named, and other presumed members of his family. See the pdf file attatched for the list of most of the 22 alleged paedophiles named.
In 2005 Hollie received £13,500 from the government department the "Criminal Injury Compensation Authority" even though no crimes have been documented and none of the paedophiles named have been questioned by the police except for the father. Surely the people whose money it was - the British taxpayer - have many rights to know exactly why this money was paid, who organised the payment and most important of all - if the payment was anything to do with injuries Hollie suffered over the years, which have been verified by various doctors as being consistent with injuries received from her body being used in sexual activities, and as stated by Hollie the perpetrators of these sexual activities have been named, yet only one in the list has ever been questioned by police, and that wasnt the one in the list that has been convicted for indecent behaviour in the front of a car.
Of course anybody in the respective governments is extremly reluctant to begin opening this gargantuan can of worms to investigate the countless accusations from paedophilic acts on 9 children, the murder of a family member of Hollies family, criminal damage done to 2 homes with thefts taking place from those 2 homes, the wrongful arrest of Robert Green on trumped up charges - the list of anomalies in this case goes on and on. There can be no doubt these crimes very much did take place and there are not only reports detailing Hollies injuries mentioned earlier, made by competant doctors, but there are many other reports to prove she is a fully competant and responsible witness, that she is truthful, has an excellent memory and not prone to fantasies, along with her mother Anne who has had many unpleasant dealings with the authorities whilst trying to get the truth told about the crimes that have taken place. What is being kept from reporting by the major media is unprecedented - even the BBC'S "Panorama" was told it could report on the case according to its reporter Mark Daly, and there is a huge amount of documentation about the many aspects of the case, and many photographs of the hundreds of poundsworth of criminal damage done in one of the illegal raids - on the home of Anne and Hollie Greig whilst they were away on holiday.
Police from the West Mercia force broke into the home, and did a huge amount of damage whilst they remained there for an entire 3 hours turning the place upside down. Private property was taken - a computer and private paperwork. The horrendous amount of damage included the complete dismantlement and destruction of a burglar alarm system, it being left in pieces. Doors were left hanging off their hinges, along with the door handles and locks also. Why all this was done is incomprehensible, especially when the police were told by Hollies legal representative Robert Green when they called 90 minutes before the illegal raid, apparently to check on Hollie.They were told Hollie was fine and in no danger of any kind and had gone away on holiday with her mother Anne. Neither were under any restrictions or conditions of any kind, but the police apparently acted on Shropshire councils dubious concerns for Hollie, even though neither have actually ever spoken or had reason to. Having been told Hollie was fine, and away on holiday with her mother, officers of the West Mercia police force, along with Shropshire council employees, entered the home, ransacked it causing an untold amount of damage over a 3 hour period, and then left taking private property consisting of a computer and an amount of private paperwork. This was in June 2010, and the computer was finally returned in the December of 2010.
An anomaly regarding this event was that Shropshire Council took part in the raid, but on different occasions when asked about it the head of the council, Kym Ryley, denied all knowledge of it, even though at least 2 council employees were present there, according to police - a carpenter and a female who apparently sat in a car outside the premises. The Information Commissioner also found evidence that the council must have known about the raid after that department was contacted about it. Another odd occurrance is a connection between a known convict, a "Greg Lance-Watkins" {who has convictions for violence and firearms charges} and Shropshire council and the police, as a photograph which was taken during the raid on Annes abode turned up on the felons internet site days later, it being able to come into the felons possession only from being given to him by either the police or the council, for whatever reason. A most unsavoury character and a relationship a council would certainly want kept secret - perhaps the explanation for Mr. Ryleys reluctance to tell the truth when asked about the raid without a warrant, with the thefts also taken, including the photograph just mentioned, and also with the appalling amount of damage done for apparently no reason.
In closing I will add there are many internet sites who have covered the Hollie Greig case, and many groups exist all fighting for and trying to get justice rightfully done. For at this very minute these paedophiles may be doing what they do to some innocent, vulnerable and probably very frightened child somewhere, and it is wrong.
Thank you for taking the time to read this, and please do what is right - a childs well-being and possibly his/her very life may depend on it, one day.
<strong>Thanks for the report butlincat. butlincat is our new reporter From South Africa The staff here are very grateful and we all hope a long relationship in reporting the news not covered by Main Stream Media continues. </strong>
<strong>PLEASE GOOGLE HOLLIE GRIEG.</strong> -<a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&biw=1600&bih=692&q=HOLLIE%20GREIG&gbv=2&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=iw" target="_blank"> CLICK HERE</a> A massive coverup exists on the terrible Hollie Greig case of sexual abuse on a Downs Syndrome girl that lasted from when she was 6 until she was 20 years of age. The paedophile ring consisting of a High Sheriff {Scottish magistrate}, nurses, social workers, lawyers and many more - the paedophiles named from the PALESTINE TELEGRAPH article of March, 2010: Aberdeen Pedophile Rape Ring Members: Denis Charles Mackie Greg Mackie Graeme Mackie Gillian Mackie Jack Buchanan Evelyn Buchanan Sheriff Graeme Buchanan David Smith Wyn Dragan Terry Major (Police Officer, Grampian) Sylvia Major Helen MacDonald (Carer for Hollie Grieg) Ian MacDonald Carol Low
Because justice has never been done the paedophiles are left free to hurt and rape vulnerable, innocent and probably very frightened children. -------------------------------------------------------------- <a href="http://www.facebook.com/l/75c45gBds4q70aMJsGfI1eCqJdw/www.sendspace.com/file/e5ytjh">The Basic Facts about the HOLLIE GREIG ABUSE CASE {PDF file of the PALESTINE TELEGRAPH's article}:</a>
A massive coverup exists on the terrible Hollie Greig case of sexual abuse on a Downs Syndrome girl that lasted from when she was 6 until she was 20 years of age. The paedophile ring consisting of a High Sheriff {Scottish magistrate}, nurses, social workers, lawyers etc.
Because justice has never been done the paedophiles are left free to hurt and rape vulnerable, innocent and probably very frightened children.
MARK DALY TRIES TO DEFEND HIS OPPOSITION TO THE HG CASE AFTER HIS ORDERING TO DROP THE PROG. BY HIGH UPS - {BEFORE HE BELIEVED PASSIONATLY IN THE CASE}:
Aberdeen Pedophile Rape Ring Members Denis Charles Mackie Greg Mackie Graeme Mackie ...Gillian Mackie Jack Buchanan Evelyn Buchanan Sheriff Graeme Buchanan David Smith Wyn Dragan Terry Major (Police Officer, Grampian) Sylvia Major Helen MacDonald (Carer for Hollie Grieg) Ian MacDonald Carol Low I know all these names as a result of my extensive investigations and I believe this to be true Robert Green
LETTER SENT TO 500 MEDIA, IN UK + ABROAD 22 3 11: Mr. McNeill,
Kindly note I have supplied to you as a serving police officer employed by the British government a crime report detailing crimes of a serious nature which have not been investigated properly with the thoroughness demanded by British justice, as is my duty to do so as a British citizen, and furthermore it is your duty as a serving officer to see that a proper thorough investigation is carried out having been formally notified of these serious crimes.
I hereby put you on notice to do your job properly and if you ignore my crime reports with their demand for a proper investigations by a responsible party I will have no choice but to bring the full weight of the law into effect regarding this dereliction of duty.
I ALONE have sent Grampian police at least 4 detailed crime reports since March 2010, Dorset police 1 detailed crime report, made numerous F.O.I. Act requests to different departments all of which have been ignored and made at least 3 official complaints to the PCCS about the ignoring of my crime report of very serious crimes. Sooner or later, as this case grows bigger by the day, especiallly on the internet and by the distribution of large posters advertising the case to the British public in many places soon you will have no choice but to address this problem you have made for yourselves of complying with a coverup of very serious crimes, all for the sake of protecting a handful of paedophiles within the Scottish government and elsewhere who, lets face it, should be in jail for what theyve already done, let alone what theyre about to do to children as of this minute forward. Children are being molested by named paedophiles and you are not doing ONE SINGLE THING ABOUT IT.
Do you seriously think it is worth it Mr. McNeill?
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: adamil.co.uk To: 500+ professionalstandards.hq@westmercia.pnn.police.uk; servicecentre@grampian.pnn.police.uk; firstminister@scotland.gsi.gov.uk; alex.salmond.msp@scottish.parliament.uk; elish.angiolini@scotland.gsi.gov.uk; Subject: THE HOLLIE GREIG COVERUP Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 08:33:46 +0000
Dear Mr. McNeill, Grampian Police,
Further to my crime report I sent to you on the 4 Feb. 2011 I wish to confirm an item in the report, that is Hollie Geig was paid £13,500 by the Criminal Injury Compensation Authority. Surprisingly this was paid without any crime number attatched to any case concerning her, and my legal team and I ask under the F.O.I. Act for the full details concerning this payment - that is, why she was paid this amount, who authorised it, and all the other details you have on file about this event. Thank you for you time, and please remember a crime report was issued to you on the 4th Feb. by me, sent by recorded delivery, the receipt of which is attatched.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Previous correspondance: 5/7834/jg/it/002 Mr. McNeill, Further to my correspondance dated 31 1 2011 please find attatched my report of the committing of crimes upon one HOLLIE GREIG. Details of the crimes are in the online report attatched, and also in the pdf file attatched. Please forward a crime number and investigate these appalling crimes by the people named in the attatchments and let justice be properly done regarding the 9 victims named. Thank you. J. Graham {date as email}
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Further to my communication in reply to your statement where you try to state that I: {qu.} " appear to have no connection to the Hollie Greig case..." {unqu.}
I hereby produce proof via Anne Greigs statement today regarding that:
"Dear John,
Thank you for your letter, yes you can tell them we are friends.
Kindest Regards
Anne and Hollie"
If that isnt good enough Id like you to tell me what is. If you require proof of this statement from the message from Anne Greig to myself dated 31 1 2011 I am extremly happy to supply it upon request. It is as a friend and concerned citizen I am seeking to correct the appalling inactions and crimes that have taken place so far regarding this case of paedophilic crimes towards a 6 year old child HOLLIE GREIG which continued for years, herself being a victim of named members of a paedophile ring along with at least 8 other named children as stated in the pdf file attatched. In finishing, I repeat my earlier message and will be resubmitting a fresh crime report about this case to you very soon :
Mr. McNeill, Thank you for your surprisingly swift response to my communication, however with reference to your letter {attatched} I wish to point out certain inaccuracies:
In the 4th paragraph you state: "your complaints are totally without foundation". I wish to state my complaints are not without foundation as my crime report contained details of crimes that havent been investigated properly within the full extent of the law. 14 paedophiles were named in the Hollie Greig case, and only the father was interviewed very briefly. None of the others that have been named as paedophiles have even been questioned or investigated about their parts in any way in the crimes as stated by Hollie Greig who has been named as a competent witness by doctors in reports made concerning her.
You state later in the same paragraph: {qu.} "As you were not reporting a new crime and you appear to have no direct connection with the Hollie Greig case, the commissioner agrees with Grampian police's decision not to provide you with a crime reference number" ..but in the very next sentence you say: {qu.} "The commissioner also notes that your complaint was recorded by Grampian police and you were provided with a reference number". {unqu.} This 2nd quote contradicts the previous one and is nonsensical. I ask you to explain yourself.
It is true a crime reference was stated as being given {see attmt} - the number being CO/208/10 but as this item or what it refers to has never been mentioned after that information was given to me it is assumed it was meaningless, carried no weight whatsoever and has never been followed up by any police or myself. I did not make any complaint to anybody for that number or anything it stood for to be issued. As the letter which contains its reference even says: {qu.} "It seems reasonable to presume your contact with Dorset police was due to your dissatisfaction with the response received from Grampian police". {unqu.}. This is completely untrue and my contact with Dorset police had nothing to do any complaint. I was told by presumably a police officer on the end of the phone at Grampian police station when I called them to enquire about my communications with Grampian police just before my first contact with Dorset police that I had to contact Dorset police in order for my crime report to be taken seriously, which is why I contacted them. The letter from Dorset police goes on to say directly after the last quote cited from it: "..and I have therefore recorded that dissatisfaction as a Complaint about the police" {unqu.}. It is clear from those texts from the Dorset police letter the "complaint" {and its apparent number} was nothing to do with myself but instigated by Dorset police themselves without my approval or consent and was nothing to do with me, and proved meaningless anyway, especially the number, which Ive never followed up as it wasnt my complaint. I do not know why Dorset police took my part and seemingly complained on my behalf - I did and could not ask them to and surely it is reprehensible to act on my behalf as they admit so doing in that letter. I have never been issued a crime number by anybody under my own volition and it is that very thing I have complained about and sought for so long. So your staement about a crime number being issued is technically correct, but holds no legal bearing to anything and means nothing for the reasons I just have stated. You state in the 4th paragraph: {qu.} "As you were not reporting a new crime..." {unqu.} - under Britsh law a crime does not have to be "new" for it to be reported. I discount your words entirely as gobbledegook. If a crime hasnt been investigated properly it is my right, and duty to ask for a worthwhile investigation whether the crime is old or new. You go on to say directly after that: {qu,} "...and you appear to have no connection to the Hollie Greig case, the commissioner agrees with the Grampian police 's decision not to provide you with a crime reference number" {unqu.} I wish to point out that as a British citizen it is my duty to report a crime, and there were many crimes of paedophilia within the Hollie Greig case, a fact you ignore, plus many more crimes of a different nature. Your statement as to my connection to the case is an opinion anyway, and therefore not valid, and anyway my connection is that as a British citizen it is my duty to report crimes,as I have said already, especially serious uninvestigated crimes such as I am trying to report, whether "old" or "new".
Whilst I am writing I will inform you that I am resubmitting my crime report of the crimes against Hollie Greig, and crimes connected to the case directly to you, as it is my duty as a British citizen to do so, whether the crimes are old or new, Mr. McNeill. These crimes of paedophilia have never been investigated properly, nor other crimes that have also recently come to light, regardless of what you or Grampian police may say.
Thank you for your time, and you will be hearing from us.
J. Graham 31 Jan 2011 - {time as email time}.
"cheats never prosper"
PLEASE GOOGLE HOLLIE GRIEG. A massive coverup exists on the terrible Hollie Greig case of sexual abuse on a Downs Syndrome girl that lasted from when she was 6 until she was 20 years of age. The paedophile ring consisting of a High Sheriff {Scottish magistrate}, nurses, social workers, lawyers etc. Because justice has never been done the paedophiles are left free to hurt and rape vulnerable, innocent and probably very frightened children. -------------------------------------------------------------- The Basic Facts about the HOLLIE GREIG ABUSE CASE {PDF file of the PALESTINE TELEGRAPH's article}: http://www.sendspace.com/file/e5ytjh
ROBERT GREEN EXPLANATORY VIDS http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=07F1E6B4A55EE72D
ROBERT GREEN CONFRONTS SCOTTISH POLITICIAN KENNY MACASKILL,EDINBURGH, 5 3 11 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdzCtDIiH7g
IMPORTANT ROBERT GREEN I'VIEW - P DROCKTON RADIO 8 12 10 http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=B9E774CBBA27C899
ROBERT GREEN,IAN MCFERRAN - SHROPSHIRE COUNCILS LIES - P DROCKTON RADIO 11 1 11: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=ACE1B4480E813A5A
Robert Green 24 6 10 Liverpool http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=DA724E8076566423
BBC TOLD TO SHUT UP http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=56EE59DCD186127E
The flyer that Green was arrested for 1 - http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/6401/robertgreenflyer1.jpg
The flyer that Green was arrested for 2 - http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/9659/robertgreenflyer2.jpg
MARK DALY TRIES TO DEFEND HIS OPPOSITION TO THE HG CASE AFTER HIS ORDERING TO DROP THE PROG. BY HIGH UPS - {BEFORE HE BELIEVED PASSIONATLY IN THE CASE}: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=8FE0F1B25C20A3E5
OFFICIAL HOLLIE GREIG SITE: http://www.holliedemandsjustice.org
Robert Green, Hollie Greigs unpaid lawyer, describes in his latest blog below the appalling antics of the authorities riddled with dark practices, each covering for the other lest any form of justice be done {my words, not Roberts}. Roberts so-called crime was not the giving out of leaflets {see jpg image links below}, his crime was exposing some truths the Lord Advocate and her cronies AND A LOT OF PEOPLE IN AUTHORITY IN NO WAY WANTED MADE PUBLIC! {my words also}.
PLEASE REPORT TO THE BRITISH PEOPLE THE APPALLING COVER UP CONCERNING THE HOLLIE GREIG CASE AND THE AUTHORITIES REFUSAL TO STOP NAMED PAEDOPHILES {see list of paedophiles in pdf file attached}CONTINUING TO COMMIT ACTS OF SEXUAL ABUSE UPON CHILDREN BY NOT HOLDING CORRECT THOROUGH CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE CASE OF ACTS PERPETRATED BY THE NAMED PAEDOPHILES OVER A 14 YEAR PERIOD!!
The initial legal advice I received after my arrest in 2010 indicated that the complexities of my case were such that I would require an extremely high-caliber defense team. As I am by no stretch of the imagination a wealthy man, I applied for Legal Aid which was was duly awarded. I was then able to assemble a defense team which comprised Gerry Sweeney (human rights lawyer), John McLaughlin (junior counsel) and Donald Findlay QC (senior counsel).
In January 2011 the Crown Office dropped the original charges against myself and replaced them with new charges. This change required me to re-apply for Legal Aid. I was advised by several people at the time that, although the Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) is technically completely independent of the Crown Office, this situation looked as if it had been engineered to deny me Legal Aid and deprive me of the services of my high-caliber legal team.
So it proved that my initial application was refused and now my appeal has been turned down as well.
I find it hard to believe how I could be refused when it has recently been reported that both parties in a £10million divorce dispute have been awarded Legal Aid.
It has also been pointed out to me that a senior SLAB employee, Douglas Haggarty, faced criminal charges in 2009 after being arrested with a rent boy in a shopping centre toilet. In this case the Procurator Fiscal decided to scrap court proceedings in favor of a "direct measure". It was never disclosed what this "direct measure" was, Haggarty did not face any professional sanctions from the Law Society of Scotland and he remains employed by SLAB. He was defended by Paul McBride QC, a member of the SLAB board who has been tipped to be the next Lord Advocate.
================================================= OTHER IMPORTANT VIDEO etc. LINKS: PLEASE GOOGLE HOLLIE GRIEG.
A massive coverup exists on the terrible Hollie Greig case of sexual abuse on a Downs Syndrome girl that lasted from when she was 6 until she was 20 years of age. The paedophile ring consisting of a High Sheriff {Scottish magistrate}, nurses, social workers, lawyers etc.
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” Child trafficking in Scotland is hidden scandal, says report Police criticised for failing to secure single conviction as group warns known cases are the tip of the iceberg
Billy Briggs
guardian.co.uk, Sunday 13 March 2011 19.14 GMT Article history
Scottish police have been criticised for lack of action over child trafficking. Photograph: Murdo Macleod for the Guardian
At least 80 children have been trafficked to Scotland to face sexual exploitation and other forms of abuse including forced labour, benefit fraud and domestic servitude, a report published on Monday says.
The findings conclude that these cases are the tip of an iceberg, with many more child victims who have been sold, stolen and transported thousands of miles remaining unidentified.
The report – Scotland: a safe place for child traffickers? – criticises police for failing to secure a single conviction for trafficking, and the authorities for their poor response to young victims’ needs.
In November, it emerged that a young Nigerian girl had been trafficked to Scotland, held prisoner and gang-raped. Her case was just one of several documented by the Scottish Refugee Council.
Some of the children identified have been forced to work in cannabis factories and private homes and pose as dependents for benefit scams. They came from a number of countries including China, Sudan, Somalia, Kenya, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Vietnam. The youngest was 14 years old.
Child trafficking has long been considered an issue of border control, the study said, leading to those who have been trafficked being regarded as part of a problem, rather than as victims.
Scotland’s commissioner for children and young people, Tam Baillie, and the Centre for Rural Childhood at Perth College University of the Highlands and Islands produced the report, and made a number of urgent recommendations. They called on the UK government to review the national referral mechanism to strengthen co-operation between government agencies, and to appoint an independent human trafficking rapporteur accountable to the UK parliament. The authors recommended the Scottish government should ensure adequate resources are available to tackle the problem and act as a lead for local authorities to ensure that nationally agreed procedures are followed consistently at a local level. Baillie said: “When children are raped or exploited as slaves in households or businesses in Scotland it becomes our national scandal. When we fail to notice, fail to pick up the signs and fail to act on children’s trauma, it demands action. I hope this report, the first of its kind in Scotland, will take the issue out into the open and result in action and change for child victims of trafficking.”
Professor Rebecca Wallace, director of the center for rural childhood at Perth College UHI, said the report’s findings address the previous lack of an evidence base regarding child trafficking in Scotland. She added the study was an opportunity to “harness the very evident willingness of professionals encountered during the research to improve the identification and treatment of children trafficked into and within Scotland”.