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UK has 100,000 modern slaves but most go undetected, says study | Malay Mail

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LONDON, July 14 — Britain is home to at least 100,000 modern slaves according to a new study, 10 times more than the official estimate, as activists warned 90 per cent of victims may be going undetected. Anti-slavery charity Justice and Care and think tank The Centre for Social Justice said the...

A record 10,627 suspected victims were identified last year in Britain — up 52 per cent from 2018. Most were victims of labour abuse and many came from nations such as Albania, Nigeria and Vietnam. — Reuters pic

The study comes in the wake of media and campaigner reports that online fashion firm Boohoo’s suppliers underpaid garment workers in Leicester, central England, and failed to protect them from Covid-19. Boohoo last week said it was investigating. The world-first law has been subjected to reviews following criticism that it is not being used fully to jail traffickers, drive companies to tackle forced labour, or help enough victims.

“While the Modern Slavery Act was ground-breaking in tackling this heinous crime, we are just getting started in the fight to rid this evil from the United Kingdom,” Patel said. The study arrived at its 100,000 estimate by taking police statistics from one area of Britain — the West Midlands — that predicted the number of victims locally using a new artificial intelligence model, and extrapolating that data nationwide.

 

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