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Anti-Slavery International ’s coverage of the High Court’s landmark decision to compensate four Moldovan women who were trafficked into the UK and foced to work as slaves in London’s brothels provides a horrific account of slavery going on in the UK today. We’ve reproduced the content below from Anti Slavery International’s website . Anti-Slavery International welcomes the landmark decision by the High Court yesterday (19 February 2009) to compensate four Moldovan women trafficked into... Read Full Story

Anti-Slavery International ’s coverage of the High Court’s landmark decision to compensate four Moldovan women who were trafficked into the UK and foced to work as slaves in London’s brothels provides a horrific account of slavery going on in the UK today. We’ve reproduced the content below from Anti Slavery International’s website . Anti-Slavery International welcomes the landmark decision by the High Court yesterday (19 February 2009) to compensate four Moldovan women trafficked into... Read Full Story

Despite the truth about slavery in the UK being published widely and  discussed in parliament earlier this month , it appears that the victims of slavery often continue to be treated as criminals by the UK justice system. In this amazingly well-connected world of information, it’s tragic to see how often slavery in the UK seems to literally slip through the net. It could be that facing up to the truth about slavery is just too difficult to bear – after all, we like to think it was... Read Full Story

Despite the truth about slavery in the UK being published widely and  discussed in parliament earlier this month , it appears that the victims of slavery often continue to be treated as criminals by the UK justice system. In this amazingly well-connected world of information, it’s tragic to see how often slavery in the UK seems to literally slip through the net. It could be that facing up to the truth about slavery is just too difficult to bear - after all, we like to think it was... Read Full Story

The slavery taking place in the UK today is hidden from the everyday lives of most people, except for glimpses if you read between the lines of stories in the news. The true stories of the victims of slavery are rarely told. Freedom Trust will tell the stories as we hear them, to continue to raise awareness of the truth about slavery in the Uk and its thousands of victims. We’ll also publish stories from recent years as we learn more about them or discover new resources. In 2007... Read Full Story

Most of the slavery taking place in the UK today is hidden from our everyday lives, except for glimpses when we see or hear stories in the news. Even then, the stories of the victims of slavery are rarely told. Freedom Trust will tell the stories as we hear them, to continue to raise awareness of the truth about slavery in the Uk and its thousands of victims. We’ll also publish stories from recent years as we learn more about them or discover new resources. In 2007, photojournalist... Read Full Story

On 19th April 2009, the European Convention on Action Against Human Trafficking will become UK law, after the Government ratified the agreement last December. The agreement promises improvements in the way that victims of trafficking are supported by agencies such as the police, and sets minimum standards for supporting the victims of trafficking and slavery in the UK. Some of the key promises include: a new national referral mechanism, providing a nationally agreed process to help... Read Full Story

On 19th April 2009, the European Convention on Action Against Human Trafficking will become UK law, after the Government ratified the agreement last December. The agreement promises improvements in the way that victims of trafficking are supported by agencies such as the police, and sets minimum standards for supporting the victims of trafficking and slavery in the UK. Some of the key promises include: a new national referral mechanism, providing a nationally agreed process to help... Read Full Story

Slavery in the UK: it sounds ridiculous, doesn’t it? Surely not in the developed world, in the 21st Century! Let’s look at some of the facts: UNICEF estimates that there are currently around 5,000 children being exploited commercially as sex workers in the UK, most of them trafficked into the UK, of whom 75% are girls. A 2004 study of the sex industry in London by the Poppy Project found that 85% of women working off-streets had been trafficked into prostitution in the UK – ten years... Read Full Story

Slavery in the UK: it sounds ridiculous, doesn’t it? Surely not in the developed world, in the 21st Century! Let’s look at some of the facts: UNICEF estimates that there are currently around 5,000 children being exploited commercially as sex workers in the UK, most of them trafficked into the UK, of whom 75% are girls. A 2004 study of the sex industry in London by the Poppy Project found that 85% of women working off-streets had been trafficked into prostitution in the UK - ten years... Read Full Story