DESCRIPTION:
Desperation can lead people to flee the country they call home in search of somewhere safer, a place where they might have better work prospects and a better quality of life. In some cases, they feel they have no choice but to turn to traffickers to get them out. When they arrive at their intended destination, they know they will be financially indebted to the traffickers, perhaps for the rest of their lives. But sometimes, the trafficked do not make it that far...
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This episode was researched and written by Eileen Macfarlane.
Script editing, additional writing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton
Narration, editing, additional writing, and production direction by Benjamin Fitton.
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Exclusion Zone by Hill
St Mary by Chelsea McGough
Am I Dreaming by Moments
In Reverse by Wild Wonder
Into by Hill
Longing For You by Moments
Illusion by Cody Martin
Last Love by Moments
Over The Years by Moments
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REFERENCES:
COURT DOCUMENTS
https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Ronan-Hughes-and-Others-Sentencing-Remarks.pdf
https://www.casemine.com/judgement/uk/5e3b9c644653d0501f3a2362
https://www.casemine.com/judgement/uk/61c160ccb50db9f559a071e4
ttps://www.casemine.com/judgement/uk/62cc6ed3b50db97b28b75e86
ESSEX POLICE
https://www.essex.police.uk/news/essex/news/brought-to-justice/2022/march/Man-jailed-for-46-months-after-39-Vietnamese-nationals-found-in-lorry-in-Grays/
https://www.essex.pfcc.police.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CC-SoA-for-audit-01.07.2020-signed.pdf
https://www.essex.police.uk/SysSiteAssets/foi-media/essex/what-we-spend-and-how-we-spend-it/statements-of-accounts/2019-20/pfcc-for-essex-police-statement-of-accounts-2019-2020.pdf
https://www.essex.police.uk/news/essex/news/news/2021/november/detectives-top-policing-honour/
NEWSBANK
Daily Telegraph, The/The Sunday Telegraph: Web Edition Articles (London, England), October 7, 2020
Evening Standard: Web Edition Articles (London, England), October 7, 2020
Times, The: Web Edition Articles (London, England), October 7, 2020
Evening Standard: Web Edition Articles (London, England), October 8, 2020
Express, The/The Express on Sunday: Web Edition Articles (London, England), October 8, 2020
Echo (Basildon, England), October 9, 2020
Evening Standard: Web Edition Articles (London, England), October 9, 2020
Guardian, The (London, England), October 9, 2020
MailOnline (London, England), October 9, 2020
Times, The (London, England), October 9, 2020
Times, The: Web Edition Articles (London, England), October 9, 2020
MailOnline (London, England), October 12, 2020
Daily Mirror, The (London, England), October 13, 2020
Daily Mail (London, England), October 16, 2020
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MailOnline (London, England), October 22, 2020
Daily Mirror, The (London, England), October 24, 2020
MailOnline (London, England), October 8, 2020
Guardian, The: Web Edition Articles (London, England), October 27, 2020
MailOnline (London, England), October 28, 2020
MailOnline (London, England), November 4, 2020
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Guardian, The: Web Edition Articles (London, England), November 19, 2020
Birmingham Mail: Web Edition Articles (England), December 21, 2020
Daily Mirror, The: Web Edition Articles (London, England), December 21, 2020
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Daily Mirror, The: Web Edition Articles (London, England), December 22, 2020
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DIGITAL ARTICLES
https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/thurrock-39-final-desperate-message-4867677
https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/thurrock-39-inquest-opens-deaths-3965512
https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/essex-lorry-deaths-two-years-6104183
https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/thurrock-39-four-people-smugglers-4918110
https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/lorry-driver-admits-manslaughter-39-4032361
https://news.sky.com/story/essex-lorry-deaths-victims-believed-to-be-from-rural-vietnamese-town-says-priest-11845515
https://news.sky.com/story/essex-lorry-deaths-trial-migrants-told-families-they-were-taking-vip-trip-to-uk-court-hears-12117749
https://news.sky.com/story/essex-lorry-deaths-trial-hears-last-words-of-vietnamese-man-who-died-with-38-other-migrants-in-container-12099910
https://news.sky.com/story/essex-lorry-deaths-the-perilous-journey-that-left-39-people-dead-12169421
https://news.sky.com/story/essex-lorry-deaths-migrant-tells-court-he-was-smuggled-into-uk-just-days-before-39-others-died-in-a-trailer-12111267
https://news.sky.com/story/essex-lorry-deaths-all-39-bodies-found-in-trailer-identified-11856521
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/dec/21/essex-lorry-trial-two-found-guilty-over-deaths-of-39-vietnamese-people
https://www.newstalk.com/news/police-essex-truck-victim-919180
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-54667236
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-55574323
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-55588082
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-59394864
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-50350481
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-55588082
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-54294006
https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2020/10/28/news/essex-lorry-deaths-police-officer-recounts-grim-discovery-of-39-bodies-in-trailer-2112667/
https://www.independent.ie/videos/cctv-shows-timeline-of-night-essex-lorry-deaths-are-discovered-39887882.html
https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2020-10-23/essex-lorry-deaths-trial-man-seen-looking-for-his-friends-the-day-before-their-death
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/international/seven-charged-vietnam-connection-essex-lorry-deaths
https://www.asianews.it/news-en/Vietnam-charges-seven-in-connection-with-Essex-lorry-deaths-49360.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7621699/Vietnamese-woman-claims-15-year-old-brother-youngest-victim-migrant-truck-tragedy.html