In Focus Risk
‘Modern slavery’ was certainly a buzz phrase of 2017 with National Anti Slavery Day taking place on the 18 October. This was created by an act of Parliament with the implementation of the new Anti Slavery Bill of 2015. Raising awareness of the global-slavery
issue is paramount and is a very serious epidemic, the Global Slavery Index suggested in 2013 that there were figures as high as 29.8 million people suffering worldwide, and that figure is increasing. Recent headlines in The Guardian reported,
in September 2017, that the figure from the UN’s International Labour Organisation was more like 40 million, which includes child labour, forced marriage, as well as the 24.9 million adults trapped in forced labour. Slavery is not an expected way of life in the
Western world, so we are led to believe, but, in reality, it is on our doorstep, encompassing human trafficking, forced labour, as well as domestic servitude. Interestingly 71% or 29 million of modern slavery victims of 2016 were female.
Every town and city The UK has over 300 current policing efforts to reduce the problem, with the
National Crime Agency (NCA) stating ‘every town and city is affected, with the previous figure of 10,000 to 13,000 being only the tip of the iceberg’. As individuals, there are things we can
look out for. The NCA say that people being coerced and controlled into work have some signs, such as the manner of their dress, visible signs of injuries, signs of stress, and generally the manner in which they come to work. Everyone can unwittingly come into contact with victims every day.
The NCA also said that the growth in
modern slavery was being driven by international gangs, who have found it to be more profitable than drugs, and covers a huge range of economic sectors. It is estimated that trafficking and slavery raises $150.2bn in revenue annually. The act of 2015 is designed to mitigate
risk in the UK. One corporate requirement, pursuant to section 54(1), is for companies which earn more than £36m per year to have an Anti Slavery Statement on their website, alongside their standard terms and conditions and privacy policy. The act enforces legal investigation and
Slavery is not an expected way of life in the Western world, so we are led to believe, but, in reality, it is on our doorstep, encompassing human trafficking, forced labour, as well as domestic servitude
action, as well the opportunity for victims to come forward and to be treated as a real victim. In 2016, a review showed 289 offences were prosecuted in 2015 directly as a result of the new legislation of the same year. The arrests are coming thick and fast in
the UK, with Derbyshire Police arresting four people in September 2017, when 10 modern-slavery victims were identified, and Middlesex arrested six more, releasing a further 20 victims. Three arrests were reported in food manufacture in November 2017, when the operation identified three
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