UK Supreme Court: trafficked people have right to claim damages irrespective of their immigration status 30 July 2014 Blog, News 30 July 2014 Trafficked people have the right to recover damages from their traffickers irrespective of their immigration status, Supreme Court ruled after intervention from Anti-Slavery International. In a landmark judgment on the first ever modern slavery case heard by…
Criminal or Victim 19 December 2013 Blog, News 19 December 2013 New report: ‘Criminal or Victim. Trafficking for forced criminal exploitation in Europe. UK chapter’ Victims of trafficking for forced criminality are commonly prosecuted rather than protected as scale of the phenomenon remains underestimated says new research…
Modern Slavery Bill Draft fails the victims of slavery 16 December 2013 Blog, News Modern Slavery Bill draft fails the victims of slavery says Anti-Slavery International. 16 December 2013 The draft Modern Slavery Bill, published today, does not address the protection of victims, says Anti-Slavery International. The organisation says that this element is not…
Hidden in plain sight 31 October 2013 Blog, News 31 October 2013 UK Anti-trafficking response fails victims of trafficking says report by Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group. Hidden in Plain Sight full report (766.75KB) Hidden in Plain Sight executive summary (1184.36KB) Failures of the UK’s system to identify, protect and assist…
Victims of trafficking win appeals against convictions 21 June 2013 Blog, News 21 June 2013 Anti-Slavery International and ECPAT UK are pleased that the Court of Criminal Appeal has today sent out a clear message that no one should be prosecuted for crimes committed as a consequence of being trafficked. The Court…
In The Dock report 13 June 2013 Blog 13 June 2013 UK Criminal Justice System is losing its fight against trafficking New report of Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group A third report by the Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group (ATMG) entitled ‘In the Dock’ examines the effectiveness of the UK’s Criminal Justice…
Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales considers issue of non-punishment in trafficking cases 22 May 2013 Blog, News 22 May 2013 Anti-Slavery International and ECPAT UK are pleased that the Court of Criminal Appeal has today signalled its recognition of the importance of Article 8 of the EU Trafficking Directive (2011/36), which enshrines the right for victims of…
Make traffickers pay for victim justice, OSCE and CoE say 11 October 2012 Blog, News 11 October 2012 European governments must confiscate the assets of traffickers to fund compensation for victims to keep them safe from re-trafficking, say the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings and the Executive Secretary of…
New exhibition exposes modern slavery in London 23 August 2011 Blog 23 August 2011 23 August – 20 November 2011 In partnership with Anti-Slavery International A new exhibition at the Museum of London and Museum of London Docklands will lift the lid on the shocking reality of trafficking and forced labour…
Focus of government’s new trafficking strategy will not help victims, say charities 19 July 2011 Blog 19 July 2011 The government’s new anti-trafficking strategy, launched earlier today (Tuesday 19 July), places too much emphasis on border control and not enough on victim protection says a coalition of charities. Despite the positive step by the government to…