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Suspected modern slavery victims in UK ‘at highest quarterly level on record’

The number of suspected modern slavery victims in the UK has risen to its highest quarterly level on record, figures show. Some 4,171 potential victims of trafficking, slavery and forced labour were referred to the Home Office between April and June....

11 Aug 2022 at 12:13

Vulnerable man brought to work in UK ‘denied access to wages and clean clothes’

A vulnerable man brought to the UK was forced to work and hand over his wages, stripped of his passport and bank cards and denied showers and clean clothes, a court has heard. Latvian national Rolands Kazoks was kept in a house in Newport, South ...

28 Jul 2022 at 18:58

Immigration bill ‘massively detrimental’ for exploited children, charities warn

New immigration laws will have a “massively detrimental” impact on exploited children, who will be at greater risk of being unidentified, unprotected and penalised, charities have warned. The Government has been urged not to let an ...

19 Apr 2022 at 01:25

Record number of suspected modern slavery victims in UK

The number of suspected modern slavery victims in the UK has risen to its highest level in more than a decade, figures show. Some 12,727 potential victims of trafficking, slavery and forced labour were identified last year, up 20% ...

03 Mar 2022 at 11:55

Three people found guilty of modern slavery offences

Three people who exploited and abused a vulnerable worker have been convicted of modern slavery offences. Normunds Freibergs, 40, and his accomplices Jacobus Stankevicius, 59, and Ruta Stankeviciene, 57, forced their victim to ...

24 Aug 2022 at 17:34

Migrant workers on British farms trapped in ‘debt bondage’, MPs told

Government inspectors have found cases of debt bondage among seasonal agricultural workers in the UK, MPs have heard. Margaret Beels, director of labour market enforcement at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial ...

29 Nov 2022 at 17:03

Traffickers will escape justice if victims treated like criminals, charity warns

Leaving survivors of human trafficking and modern slavery in legal limbo over their immigration status risks undermining successful prosecutions, a victims’ charity has warned. Hope for Justice warned people rescued from ...

22 Jun 2022 at 17:08

Jail terms for gang members who trafficked and exploited women

A human trafficking gang have been jailed for trafficking and exploiting hundreds of women across London. Husband and wife team Sebastian Zimoch, 48, and Anna Zimoch, 46, along with Gregaor Borowka, 44, Michael Lozinski,...

27 May 2022 at 23:32

UK’s visa schemes ‘creating and heightening’ trafficking and exploitation risks

The UK’s visa schemes for Ukrainian refugees are “lacking in clarity, resourcing and accountability” and are heightening the risk of trafficking and exploitation, according to a report. More than 100 experts have ...

29 Apr 2022 at 01:55

Eugenie launches podcast to raise awareness of modern slavery

Princess Eugenie has launched a weekly podcast for her charity The Anti-Slavery Collective, calling on people to become “mini-abolitionists” to stamp out modern slavery. The Queen’s granddaughter and the ...

27 Apr 2022 at 19:25

Ex-PM May warns Government immigration reforms will harm modern slavery victims

Theresa May has warned more people will be left in slavery in the UK by Government reforms aimed at deterring migrants from crossing the English Channel. The Conservative former prime minister held ...

26 Apr 2023 at 17:25

Nigerian politician and wife facing jail after ‘landmark’ organ-harvesting case

A wealthy Nigerian politician and his wife are facing jail for an organ-harvesting plot involving a UK hospital following a landmark trial. Senator Ike Ekweremadu, 60, his wife Beatrice, 56, and ...

23 Mar 2023 at 15:03

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