Victims of domestic slavery need greater protections, the Lords heard. Labour’s Lord Rosser said changes to visa rules were required to help rescue foreign workers from abusive employment. The peer
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A 30-year-old woman has been remanded in custody in Northern Ireland accused of human trafficking. Ancuta Schwarz, whose address was given as Karowan, Strasa, Berlin, appeared before a judge at
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Modern slavery victims will be able send text messages to raise the alarm about their plight through a new helpline. The service, announced today by Home Secretary Theresa May, will
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Seven men have been charged by police as part of an investigation into child sexual exploitation in Bristol. The men, aged between 21 and 28, face a string of allegations
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A new study by researchers from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London provides the first clinical evidence on the toll human trafficking has on
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A family of four could be handed the first ever Slavery and Trafficking Prevention Order after prostituting two Eastern European women. Police rescued the two women from the control of
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The NSPCC’s Child Trafficking Advice Centre (CTAC) is working with Vietnam, Nigeria and Romania to help stop vulnerable children from being trafficked into the UK. Thousands of vulnerable children and
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One in five maternity staff say they have come into contact with a patient they knew or suspected of having been trafficked, but most healthcare workers report little knowledge or
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A Roma Gypsy gang has been found guilty of trafficking vulnerable Slovakian women into the UK to sell into sham marriages “like pieces of meat”, Scotland Yard said. The poverty-stricken
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A trafficking victim who was forced into prostitution around Europe after being groomed to believe she was going to be a model has spoken of her relief at finding refuge
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