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Vietnamese 'charged £33,000 by smugglers to get to UK'
People smugglers are charging Vietnamese migrants more than £30,000 to reach the UK - where they are told they will live like royalty.
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Police arrest 13 people in anti-slavery crackdown
Four alleged trafficking victims were found during raids on eight properties as part of a UK-wide operation against modern day slavery.
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Police 'failing victims of modern slavery', report finds
Police are failing victims of modern slavery in the UK by "substandard" reporting of the crime, the UK's anti-slavery commissioner warned.
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Theresa May announces crackdown on modern slavery
The prime minister has created a taskforce and boosted the amount of money available to tackle "barbaric" modern slavery.
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Modern slavery figures up by a third to 45.8 million
The figures by the Global Slavery Index are a third higher than previously thought.
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Two people charged with 'keeping woman as slave'
Pair charged after woman was found being held in conditions of 'domestic servitude' in the Manchester area, police said.
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How I was forced to work as a slave in London
A Sri Lankan woman has told ITV News of her ordeal at the hands of a family who forced her to work without pay and subjected her to abuse.
Read the full story ›Report: Trafficking victims may be tattooed to 'signify ownership'
The National Crime Agency (NCA) said it has seen some evidence of potential trafficking victims being marked with tattoos - like branding.
The report found that victims were marked with "various symbols signifying ownership or to show that a victim is over 18".
It’s a simple as branding cattle and I can put it in no more stark terms than that. This is how they view the traffickers, as something that they buy and sell.
The report said it included the evidence to give front line responders another sign to look out for when dealing with potential victims.
Sexual exploitation the most common type of slavery
By far the most common type of exploitation was sexual in nature. Other common exploitation types suffered by potential victims included:
- Sexual exploitation (41%)
- Labour exploitation (27%)
- Criminal exploitation (9%)
- Unknown (9%)
- Domestic servitude (8%)
- Organ harvesting (less than 1%)
Number of trafficking victims from UK more than doubles
Last year saw the number of potential trafficking victims from the UK more than double, according to a new report.
The potential victims came from 86 different countries. The most common countries of origin were:
- Romania (11%)
- Poland (9%)
- UK (7%)
- Albania (7%)
- Nigeria (6%)