A British woman suspected of being one of the ringleaders of a criminal network involved in trafficking young women for sexual exploitation has been charged under the Modern Slavery Act.
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Almost 100 suspected trafficking victims have been intercepted by a specialist border force at Glasgow Airport, it has been revealed. The Home Office Border Force team – trained to spot
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Members of a traveller family have been convicted of running a modern slavery ring which kept one of its captives in “truly shocking” conditions for decades. Vulnerable people were forced
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Modern slavery and human trafficking in the UK is much more prevalent than previously thought, with cases affecting “every large town and city in the country”, the National Crime Agency
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New powers to tackle human trafficking and exploitation have come into effect. From Friday, courts will be able to impose trafficking and exploitation prevention orders on people convicted of trafficking
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A new strategy has been launched in a bid to eliminate the “appalling” crime of human trafficking. Justice Secretary Michael Matheson pledged work to help people spot the signs of
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The number of suspected victims of slavery and human trafficking has more than doubled in three years. There were 3,805 people reported as potential victims in 2016, an increase from
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Sheffield will turn the spotlight on tough issues such as human trafficking, recovering from drug addiction and policing during a week of hard-hitting public events. Social Justice Week (April 3-7),
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The Child Protection Improvement Programme was established in February 2016. There are nine interconnected work strands which are helping to deliver our child protection system vision (the Child Protection Systems
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Five people have been arrested in connection with alleged human trafficking and related offences. Three men aged 28, 35 and 58 and two women aged 25 and 40 are being
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