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Law enforcement

'Barbaric' modern slavery fight gets £8.5 million boost

Modern slavery, an offence often hidden in plain sight, is to become the focus of a new police crackdown.

Home Secretary Amber Rudd has reaffirmed the Government’s commitment to stamp out modern slavery by announcing £8.5 million of funding that will help law enforcement agencies in tackling this horrendous form of criminality.

Granted until 2018-2019 following a bid made to the Police Transformation Fund, the funding will improve the country’s enforcement response to modern slavery by providing high quality intelligence and analysis designed to assess the threat at both a national and regional level, and at the same time engender an improved operational response throughout the investigative process.

Led by Devon and Cornwall Police, the national effort will provide over 50 additional analysts, specialists and investigators who will assist the police in England and Wales to “transform” the response to this complex crime.

The Home Secretary stated: “Modern slavery is a barbaric crime which destroys the lives of the most vulnerable in our society. This Government has taken world-leading action to tackle it by strengthening the law enforcement response and increasing support and protection for victims, but we recognise that we must do even more. That’s why I’m announcing a significant investment that will help our law enforcement agencies bring the perpetrators of this intolerable criminality to justice. Our message to slave-drivers and traffickers is clear: we are coming to get you and you have absolutely nowhere to hide.”

The Conservative Government’s Modern Slavery Act 2015 gave law enforcement new powers to tackle these crimes, introduced tougher sentences and increased protection for victims. The number of prosecutions and convictions have risen, with 289 modern slavery offences prosecuted in England and Wales in 2015. Record numbers of victims are also now coming forward to ask for help.

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