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<p /> <p /> <p>Severe maximum penalties are available for serious offences. Where
an offender is prosecuted and convicted, sentencing in individual cases is a matter
for the courts, taking account of all the circumstances of each case. This will include
the seriousness of the offence, including all aggravating and mitigating factors,
and a guilty plea.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010, crime has continued to fall. At the same
time offenders are more likely to be sent to prison and for longer.</p><p> </p><p>The
number of offenders cautioned and defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts
and found guilty and sentenced at all courts for offences related to human trafficking,
in England and Wales, from 2008 to 2013, can be viewed in the table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td
colspan="7">Offenders cautioned and defendants proceeded against at magistrates' court,
found guilty and sentenced at all courts for 'human trafficking' offences <sup>(1)</sup>,
England and Wales 2008 to 2013 <sup>(2)(3)(4)</sup></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Outcome</td><td>2008 <sup>(5)</sup></td><td>2009</td><td>2010</td><td>2011</td><td>2012</td><td>2013</td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Cautions</td><td>2</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>1</td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Proceeded
against</td><td>61</td><td>47</td><td>30</td><td>21</td><td>29</td><td>36</td></tr><tr><td>Found
guilty</td><td>24</td><td>25</td><td>16</td><td>8</td><td>12</td><td>19</td></tr><tr><td>Sentenced</td><td>24</td><td>25</td><td>16</td><td>8</td><td>12</td><td>19</td></tr><tr><td>of
which</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Absolute
discharge</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>Conditional
discharge</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>Fine</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>Community
sentence</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>Suspended
sentence</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>Immediate
custody</td><td>23</td><td>23</td><td>15</td><td>8</td><td>12</td><td>18</td></tr><tr><td>Otherwise
dealt with <sup>(6)</sup></td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>'-' = Nil</td><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="7">(1) Offences under Section 4(1)
to 4(3) of the Asylum and Immigration (treatment of Claimants Act 2004 and S 57 -
59 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="7">(2) The figures given
in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences
for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been cautioned for or found guilty
of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed.
Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected
is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="7">(3)
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete.
However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative
data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should
be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are
taken into account when those data are used.</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="7">(4) The number
of offenders sentenced can differ from those found guilty as it may be the case that
a defendant found guilty in a particular year, and committed for sentence at the Crown
Court, may be sentenced in the following year.</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4">(5) Excludes
data for Cardiff magistrates' court for April, July and August 2008.</td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td colspan="7">(6) The category Otherwise Dealt With (ODW) includes:
one day in police cells; disqualification order; restraining order; confiscation order;
travel restriction order; disqualification from driving; recommendation for deportation;
and other miscellaneous disposals.</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Source: Justice Statistics
Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Ref: PQ 201068</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p>
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