People smuggling gang including mother and daughter jailed
A gang of seven people smugglers including a mother and daughter has been jailed for bringing more than a dozen people into the UK using false documents. The four women
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Tag: Modern Slavery
Charities demand action over ‘child protection scandal’ after asylum-seekers go missing
Leading charities have called for an independent inquiry into how more than 200 asylum-seeking children have gone “missing” from Home Office hotels, describing the situation as “a child protection scandal”.
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Labour suggests pattern of young people being trafficked ‘into cannabis farms or prostitution’
Young people are being trafficked across the Channel to the UK and then “into cannabis farms or into prostitution”, Labour has suggested. Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper (pictured) said there
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Home Office investigating claims asylum-seeking children ‘kidnapped’ from hotel
The Home Office is investigating reports that dozens of asylum-seeking children have been kidnapped by gangs from a hotel run by the department, a minister has said. Conservative frontbencher Lord
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Stagecoach founder to ‘vigorously defend herself’ following human trafficking allegations
Stagecoach founder Dame Ann Gloag “strongly disputes the malicious allegations” made against her after being charged with human trafficking offences. A spokesperson for the bus company tycoon said she would
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Woman who made grooming gang claims convicted of perverting course of justice
A woman who claimed she was the victim of an Asian grooming gang has been convicted of perverting the course of justice. Eleanor Williams, 22, published pictures of her injuries
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Woman staged hammer attack to claim she was victim of Asian grooming gang, court hears
A woman accused of lying about being the victim of an Asian grooming gang staged a “finale” to her story when she injured herself with a hammer and posted an
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Woman accused of lying about being grooming gang victim describes being trafficked
A woman who allegedly lied about being the victim of an Asian grooming gang has told a court she was trafficked across the country and in Ibiza. Giving evidence at
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Primary school-aged kids running drugs has ‘become the norm’, ex-children’s commissioner warns
Primary school-aged children running drugs for gangs has “become the norm” while young teenagers are heading up county lines operations, the former children’s commissioner has warned. Anne Longfield (pictured), who
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New data reveals over half a million concerns of suspected abuse of adults rising 9% in last year
More than half a million safeguarding concerns about the suspected abuse of adults were raised during 2021-22 – up nine per cent in a year, figures have shown. An estimated
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