Criminal exploitation: - Modern slavery by another name

Utilising coerce, control, manipulate or deceive a child or young person under the age of 18 into any criminal the experience of frontline practitioners, developing creative and evidence-based ideas, fostering activity (a) in exchange for something the victim needs or wants, and/or (b) for the financial or a new understanding about the scale of the crime and listening to the voices of survivors, t. [...] and the National Crime Agency, and certain named non-governmental organisations are also First The views and recommendations in this report are those of the Centre for Social Justice and Responder Organisations (the full list is available on gov.uk) Justice and Care and do not necessarily represent those of the persons and research participants “Modern Slavery Victim Care Contract” is the Home Oce. [...] As the most common form of modern slavery reported over the past four years, we need to act now to disrupt the activities of organised crime groups and to break the cycle of exploitation to rid our communities of this evil crime. [...] In response to our FOI request only 23 local authorities provided Even in the face of threats and violence the sense of belonging victims get from the criminal gangs the specific number of children referred to the NRM for criminal exploitation who had been 33 who are exploiting them keeps them trapped. [...] That’s not to say we Bernard finally found the courage to seek help and with the help of the rough sleeper’s shouldn’t treat them as a victim, just that we need to understand the impact of this on the team and The Welcome Centre, Bernard was rehoused and re-engaged with addiction way we work with young people.” support.