A number of different ladies are reporting that they are getting harassing and abusive phone calls from a religious nut type whilst working in the Limerick area. Many of the phone calls are very menacing and threatening. Also, one lady believes the same individual has committed criminal damage on her property. Unfortunately this individual appears to be using a vast array of different phone numbers, so there is little point publishing phone numbers to beware of in this case.

There have been two separate robberies in Dublin in the last 2 weeks so please be careful everyone. In the first robbery, a female Dublin escort working alone was robbed and assaulted by two men. All her money was taken and she was left bruised by the attack. The first robber was skinny, with a baldhead, 5'8”. The second had dark hair and was average build and 5’6” tall. They were both in their late 20s and spoke with Dublin accents. In the second robbery, again it was a female independent escort in Dublin working alone attacked by two males. The first guy was in his early 20s, with dark dirty blond hair and stubble. The second guy was skinny with brown hair. He looked as if he was on drugs and spoke with a very effeminate voice. Both had Dublin accents. These robbers used the name Paul and the phone number 086 88237** to make an appointment with the escort. (Last 2 digits of number not shown for legal reasons, but full phone number is available to working ladies only on request.) It may be the case that these are the same robbers warned about earlier in the month only now they have widened their target pool to include ladies with no connection to the website they are fighting over.

A number of escorts in Dublin have recently been the victims of robberies / attempted robberies. The robbers are 2 or in some cases 3 males working together. It has been suggested that this is the result of infighting within a gang that runs a well-known Irish escort website and only escorts listed on that website are being targeted, but all escorts should be vigilant as this kind of gang war can easily spread to those not in anyway connected.

Crimestoppers (UK) has released a short film about sex trafficking online, with the aim of raising awareness and reminded escort clients that they can call Crimestoppers annoymously if they have any information about sex trafficking.



For further information, visit the Crimestoppers (UK) website - www.crimestoppers-uk.org.

A new police operation aimed at tackling the trafficking of human beings for sexual exploitation was launched today. Operation Pentameter is set to involve all police forces across the UK and Ireland. Posters will be going up and business cards will be handed out at major entry points into the UK and Ireland appealing to possible victims of human trafficking. Clients availing of sex services and persons working in the sex industry are also being asked to help by reporting any possible cases of human trafficking they encounter. Contact numbers for reporting human trafficking are available on our Report Human Trafficking page.