Up to 13,000 victims of modern slavery are trapped in the UK

[cronus]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/ho ... 92395.html

Up to 13,000 victims of modern slavery are trapped in the UK

The scale of slavery in the UK is far larger than previously feared, according to figures showing that between 10,000 and 13,000 victims could be trapped.

Imprisoned domestic staff, women forced into prostitution, agricultural and factory workers and trafficked men, women and children are among those counted in analysis for the Home Office.

Data from the National Crime Agency’s Human Trafficking centre last year put the number of slaves in the UK at 2,744, the BBC reported, but the estimate for 2013 is more than quadruple that number.

It is reportedly first time the Government has made an official estimate of the scale of the crime, using statistical methodology and models to estimate a “dark figure” that may not have come to previous attention.

The Home Office told the BBC the “tentative conclusions” of its analysis is that the number of victims is higher than thought.

According to the estimate, the victims included people trafficked from more than 100 countries – most commonly Albania, Nigeria, Vietnam and Romania - as well as British-born adults and children, the BBC reported.

Last year, three women from Malaysia, Ireland and Britain, were rescued from 30 years of slavery in London as part of a Maoist cult.

A 57-year-old victim, from Ireland, had secretly accessed a phone and called a charity to say she had been held against her will for decades.

Charities say modern slavery can include forced labour or bonded work, where people have to pay off debts, forced marriages, prostitution and domestic servitude.

The threat of violence against a slave or their loved ones, loss of wages or reports to authorities leading to deportation are frequently used to stop victims leaving.

A case handled by Anti-Slavery International shows how human traffickers lure victims in with the promise of lucrative jobs abroad.

A 26-year-old Lithuanian woman told the charity she saw an advert for cleaning and waitressing jobs in the UK and travelled to England with a man from the “job agency”.

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[laklak]

Well, y'all were quite heavily involved in the Blackbird trade back in the day.

[mistermack]

Thirteen thousand?

Where can I get one?

Bloody Tories, keeping them all for themselves.

[cronus]

Swearing will get you a lifeterm here. Keep slaves in your cellar no problems... Makes Dubai seem socially progressive.

[laklak]

Don't keep them in the cellar, FFS. They get moldy and sprout fungusish things from their nether regions.

[JimC]

Implanted mind-control neural chips are the next frontier for a truly modern slave-based economy...

[mistermack]

It won't be long before all the slaves will be out of work, with machines taking over.

Then you'll get ex-slaves reminiscing about the good old days. People never realise when they're well-off.