Surge comes after National Crime Agency report reveals there are potentially tens of thousands of victims in BritainThe number of calls to the modern slavery hotline has doubled in a week after the National Crime Agency’s report on the “shocking” scale of the problem. The helpline, for people to report suspicions of modern slavery, received 150 calls in seven days this week, up from a weekly average of 75. The surge came after the agency said modern slavery and human trafficking were far more prevalent than law enforcement had previously thought. “[The calls] are still coming in thick and fast, we refer them to the police whenever we can,” Currell said. Aidan McQuade, director of Anti-Slavery International, said the growing call numbers suggested the NCA work was helping to raise awareness, which was a “positive step forward”.

Source: The Guardian August 18, 2017 14:28 UTC