Ministry of Justice figures show that completed cases for slavery offences including sex trafficking fell from 129 to 96 between 2015 and last year ALAMYProsecutions for slavery and trafficking slumped last year despite a warning yesterday that there are tens of thousands of victims across Britain. Ministry of Justice figures show that completed cases for slavery offences including sex trafficking fell from 129 to 96 between 2015 and last year. There were 86 convictions in two years for slavery, servitude and trafficking. The National Crime Agency (NCA) said that gangs profited from modern slavery in every large town and city, with victims forced into sexual exploitation and manual labour at car washes and farms. Children as young as 12 were being sold into servitude and there were 300 investigations, the NCA said.

Source: The Times August 10, 2017 23:03 UTC