Author - Bernie Gravett

Bernie Gravett update

In early 2016 SPC Director, Bernie Gravett, was contracted to deliver training to law enforcement on internet-based Child Sexual Exploitation including Child Sexual Abuse Material / Indecent Images of Children and how to investigate such crimes on behalf of the IOM. While preparing the training programme on the 6th April 2017...


SPC Director and expert Colin Carswell awarded his MA

SPC are proud to announce that Colin Carswell has been awarded his MA in 'Human Trafficking, Organised Crime and Migration' from St Mary's University in London. Having retired from the Met Police in March of 2020 Colin was brought on as a Director at SPC but he also immediately recognised the...


Forced labour in the construction industry.

SPC assist to prevent extradition of human trafficking victim

Some cases cannot be reported at the time due to ongoing legal processes, but we are happy to report that one of our older cases has reached a successful conclusion. In late 2019 SPC were instructed to review a case where a 56 year old Slovakian man (IT) had been...


Successful intervention in County Lines case – charges dropped

We were engaged to provide an expert witnesses statement in the case of SH who had been charged with supply of Class A drugs. SH had a number of adverse childhood experiences including domestic violence and family drug addiction all of which made him extremely vulnerable. His schooling was disrupted by...


Trafficked vulnerable adult – drugs charges dropped

SPC were engaged to provide an expert witness statement in the case of a client who had been charged with Class A drug supply offences. The client grew up in Iran where as a young teen he was arrested, tortured and sexually abused by the authorities. His family paid smugglers to...