modern slavery

I was trafficked and forced to work 23 hours a day. How was I meant to return to normality?
Modern slavery

I was trafficked and forced to work 23 hours a day. How was I meant to return to normality?

Ilja Abbattista is now a board member for the Bright Future Co-operative, which is supporting modern slavery survivors into safe and secure employment

How we define ‘sexual exploitation’ is fuelling violence against women and girls
Kimberley Hutchison

How we define ‘sexual exploitation’ is fuelling violence against women and girls

Survivors of sexual exploitation face a culture of disbelief when what they really need is support

Conflating sex work and sex trafficking is harmful and needs to stop, Labour told
Sex work

Conflating sex work and sex trafficking is harmful and needs to stop, Labour told

Further criminalisation of sex work could be more dangerous for both sex workers and survivors of sexual exploitation, activists and charities have warned

UK immigration policy is stuck in a race to the bottom – with human traffickers the only winners
Lucila Granada

UK immigration policy is stuck in a race to the bottom – with human traffickers the only winners

I didn’t know I was a human trafficking victim till I was in my 50s – why did nobody rescue me?
Modern slavery

I didn’t know I was a human trafficking victim till I was in my 50s – why did nobody rescue me?

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Modern slavery is still rife in the UK – where do we go from here?
Helen Ball

Modern slavery is still rife in the UK – where do we go from here?

‘It’s changed our life’: These modern slavery survivors are finding hope at Christmas through music
Modern slavery

‘It’s changed our life’: These modern slavery survivors are finding hope at Christmas through music

How can we tackle modern slavery if those on the frontline don’t know what it looks like?
Maya Esslemont

How can we tackle modern slavery if those on the frontline don’t know what it looks like?

I was forced to work unpaid and never let out of the house. Modern slavery is all around us in the UK
Modern slavery

I was forced to work unpaid and never let out of the house. Modern slavery is all around us in the UK

Criminal gangs are taking control of vulnerable people’s homes and using them as drug dens
Crime

Criminal gangs are taking control of vulnerable people’s homes and using them as drug dens

We took the Home Office to task for lying on modern slavery. We still don’t have answers
MAYA ESSLEMONT

We took the Home Office to task for lying on modern slavery. We still don’t have answers

Anti-poverty campaigner and former Labour minister Frank Field dies aged 81: ‘He saved many lives’
Politics

Anti-poverty campaigner and former Labour minister Frank Field dies aged 81: ‘He saved many lives’

Modern slavery survivors face being sent to Rwanda after MPs vote down deportation bill amendments
Rwanda bill

Modern slavery survivors face being sent to Rwanda after MPs vote down deportation bill amendments

Modern slavery survivor Ilja was sex trafficked for years. Now she’s speaking out to help others
Modern slavery

Modern slavery survivor Ilja was sex trafficked for years. Now she’s speaking out to help others

Reports of forced labour, sex trafficking and domestic servitude at record high in Britain
Modern day slavery

Reports of forced labour, sex trafficking and domestic servitude at record high in Britain

‘Tied’ visas are putting migrant domestic workers at risk of abuse
Migrant workers

‘Tied’ visas are putting migrant domestic workers at risk of abuse

Borders Bill will be ‘catastrophic’ for victims of modern slavery, MPs told
Home Office

Borders Bill will be ‘catastrophic’ for victims of modern slavery, MPs told

The Big Issue is getting tough on modern slavery
News

The Big Issue is getting tough on modern slavery

New campaign launched to uncover hidden human trafficking and modern slavery
News

New campaign launched to uncover hidden human trafficking and modern slavery

Coronation Street to show that ‘slavery hides in plain sight’
TV

Coronation Street to show that ‘slavery hides in plain sight’

This app is aiming to help car washes to clean up their act on modern slavery
News

This app is aiming to help car washes to clean up their act on modern slavery

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How The Big Issue is tackling modern slavery
News

How The Big Issue is tackling modern slavery

This is how homeless people are getting trapped in modern slavery
Housing

This is how homeless people are getting trapped in modern slavery