We appear to have come full circle to Morocco again!

[Brietta]

Not sure child traffickers need to supplement their income by stealing trinkets and old ladies handbags.

                                      Everyone has to start somewhere.

[Holly Goodhead]

I think he sold her for someone and had a share of the money.   How do you account for this -  Then, police again focused on Morocco in June, after GCHQ in Cheltenham picked up phone intercept messages in Arabic referring to "the little blonde girl", a German man, and a ferry from Tarifa in Spain.   Bit of a coincidence don't you think?  He knew about drug trafficking he would know about child trafficking.

Child trafficking and drug trafficking are completely different. 

[Lace]

I'm trying to remember the story about that woman who was axed to death and the Portuguese Police said it was suicide!!!   Nasty way to kill yourself.   I think she found something out about the traffickers. IMO

[The General]

I don't think the child traffickers would.   That would be Christian B   a good candidate for breaking into houses,  someone they could use.

Arrhghhhh....this is.........what?
Just about anyone with some balls and a lollipop stick can break in to a house. It's not a sought-after specialism.

[Lace]

Child trafficking and drug trafficking are completely different.

I know that.  Though if you know about one you probably know about the other.

[Lace]

Arrhghhhh....this is.........what?
Just about anyone with some balls and a lollipop stick can break in to a house. It's not a sought-after specialism.

He bragged about what a good burglar he was he stole thousands of pounds worth of property.   Maybe his bragging got to the ears of the traffickers.

[The General]

                                      Everyone has to start somewhere.

Hmmmm.....what, at the same time? One of the most lucrative criminal enterprises going, but I'll risk all that and swipe a mobile phone from a pub?
It's a non-starter. This animal was a serial opportunist, down and out bum, paedo who would rob / assault anything vulnerable. He's not a child trafficker and I mean that in all senses of the phrase - he doesn't appear on the supply chain.
He tried one medium duty drug run - really badly - he's an idiot and a compulsive recidivist.

[Carana]

I'm trying to remember the story about that woman who was axed to death and the Portuguese Police said it was suicide!!!   Nasty way to kill yourself.   I think she found something out about the traffickers. IMO

Jacinta Rees? Not quite clear what happened in that case.

[The General]

He bragged about what a good burglar he was he stole thousands of pounds worth of property.   Maybe his bragging got to the ears of the traffickers.

He's a really crap criminal - a brain donor and a sex case. They would spot this sack of **** a mile off.
He was living hand to mouth in a van. He's no criminal mastermind. He's a tool.

[Brietta]

You might see no difference Brie but that's not how law enforcement around the world views it.  Some children/countries are at much greater risk than others.

Morroco doesn't have any history of trafficking children from developed countries:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_trafficking_in_Morocco

Organised crime is just that and it works on the same principles as lawful entities with risk and reward featuring strongly.  Criminal networks will not to look to traffic children from developed countries as the risks are too high.  They know governments and law enforcement from those countries will be hot on their tails unlike under developed countries.

Can you name a single child born in a developed country to parents also born in a developed country trafficked elsewhere?

Madeleine McCann may have been kidnapped by slave traders and sold to a rich family, an ex-Scotland Yard detective has claimed.

The theory suggests Madeleine, who went missing in 2007, may have been smuggled to Africa via a ferry.

Gangs who operate in Mauritania, West Africa, reportedly sell children to rich Middle Eastern families.

“The Mauritania line is certainly a possibility and needs to be looked at,” Colin Sutton told the Mirror.

“If someone wanted to get a three-year-old child into Africa it’s the obvious route. The infrastructure and contacts for people smuggling are clearly there.”

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/madeleine-mccann-latest-kidnapped-slave-traders-rich-family-missing-scotland-yard-detective-colin-a7699511.html

[Mr Gray]

You know the motive?

I would say almost certainly sexual abuse

[Holly Goodhead]

I would say almost certainly sexual abuse

Based on what?

[Mr Gray]

Based on what?

Based on the fact that most stranger child abductions are motivated by paedophilia... And in this particular case we have a suspect with a history of paedophilia and burglary..
I think it's nonsense to regard the possibility of his involvement as nonsense

[faithlilly]

I'm sceptical about the idea that she may have been trafficked to Morocco as well.

I'm to work out how much of the Mail interview with CB's former friend may be accurate.

This bit, at least, seems a bit iffy, as if there might have been key words to get attention, either by said friend or by the Mail:

'He was always bragging about making money. He even talked about selling kids maybe to Morocco, and I think he probably sold Maddie to someone – maybe a sex ring.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8445183/I-know-did-Christian-Brueckners-friend-says-German-guilty-taking-Madeleine-McCann.html

As in a court case, any evidence given is severely undermined if the witness has been paid for their story by a tabloid.

[barrier]

                                      Everyone has to start somewhere.

If only it could be worked out the egress from 5a.That'll be a noteworthy start.