Bessbrook Woman Part of Duo Sentenced for Human Trafficking Offences Where Victims Were ‘Sexually Exploited’

Bessbrook woman part of duo sentenced for human trafficking offences where victims were ‘sexually exploited’

A woman and man have been sentenced today – Tuesday – at Dungannon Crown Court for human trafficking offences. The sentencing is the result of an investigation known as Operation Liverless, which began in 2022 and is the PSNI’s largest human trafficking operation to-date. The operation, supported by An Garda Síochána, Home Office Immigration Enforcement, the National Crime Agency and Public Prosecution Service, targeted the activities of an orga…

Bessbrook: Pair sentenced for human trafficking crimes

The pair were arrested in November 2022 in what was described at the time as the PSNI's largest operation against human trafficking.

Human trafficking network exposed in Ballymena and across NI as two sentenced over sexual exploitation

Tuesday 20 October 2026 Ballymena has been named among the locations where brothels were uncovered during the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s largest human trafficking investigation, which identified 27 premises linked to the sexual exploitation of vulnerable people across Northern Ireland. Two people were sentenced at Dungannon Crown Court today, Tuesday 20 October, following the major investigation, which also uncovered brothels in Colera…

Pomeroy man sentenced in major human trafficking case

A TYRONE man has been sentenced for human trafficking offences following a major police investigation which uncovered 27 brothels across the North, including in Omagh, Dungannon and Cookstown.Gerard Corrigan, 66, from Pomeroy, was sentenced at Dungannon Crown Court to 16 months for human trafficking, possessing criminal property and transferring criminal property.