The Paul Foot Award 2006
And the winner is...
David Harrison
Sunday Telegraph
Sex trafficking gangs

David Harrison of the Sunday Telegraph whose three-part undercover investigation into the sex trafficking gangs of eastern Europe was praised by the UN and prompted action by British police and the Home Office.
The Paul Foot Award was set up in memory of revered investigative journalist Paul Foot, who died in 2004.

Paul Foot, an investigative journalist, editor and left-wing campaigner, worked variously for the Daily Record, the Daily Mirror, The Guardian and Private Eye. He was involved in many high-profile campaigns throughout his illustrious career, including the Birmingham Six, the Bridgewater Four and the John Poulson scandal. His accolades include the Journalist of the Year, the Campaigning Journalist of the Year, the George Orwell Prize for Journalism and in 2000 he was honoured as the Campaigning Journalist of the Decade.

Paul Foot died in 2004 at the age of 66.

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