project_18337 - IASC Policing response to Modern Slavery research

The Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioners (IASC) works on encouraging good practice in the prevention of modern slavery and human trafficking (MSHT), the protection of victims and survivors and the prosecution of MSHT offenders. The Modern Slavery Act 2015 consolidated existing criminal legislation related to human trafficking into one piece of legislation and formally introduced the concept of modern slavery. Modern slavery is an umbrella term that covers the offences of human trafficking, slavery, servitude and...