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Wales Anti-Slavery Conference

Soroptimists at the Wales Anti-Slavery Conference at Venue Cymru , Llandudno
Soroptimists at the Wales Anti-Slavery Conference at Venue Cymru , Llandudno

Wales Anti-Slavery Conference

Friday 23rd January 2015

Venue Cymru, Llandudno

The Wales Anti-Slavery Conference took place on January 23rd 2015, with 220 delegates in attendance.

The purpose of the conference was to inform leaders from public sector, voluntary organisations and NGOs

of the current national and regional actions taking place to address modern slavery.

The invited speakers were:-

– Chair of the North Wales Anti-Slavery Project : Richard Parry Jones.

– Deputy Police & Crime Commissioner, North Wales : Julian Sandham.

– The UK Independent, Anti-Slavery Commissioner: Kevin Hyland.

– Wales Anti-Slavery Co-ordinator : Stephen Chapman.

– Operation Imperial – Gwent Police : Det. Supt. Paul Griffiths & Det. Insp. Lyndon Hawker.

– Romanian guests : Aurora Martin and Andreea Gavrila

– A survivor of Modern Slavery : Rachel

– North Wales Anti-Slavery Co-ordinator : Jim Coy.

Delegates were invited to participate in two of the four focus group sessions, which were entitled :-

A: The Wales Survivor/Victim Care Pathway (VCP) : Led by Angelina Rodrigues

– B: Operation Sprint – An Investigation of Sexual Exploitation: Led by Det. Supt. Paul Withers & Det.

Insp. Peter Danby, Lancashire Constabulary.

– C: UK Human Trafficking Centre and NRM Review Operations Manager, National Crime Agency :

Led by Vince Dean.

– D: Anti-Slavery Training in Wales : Led by Kim Ann Williamson, CPS Wales; Kate Hood, Llamau;

Becky Stone, New Pathways & DC Darren Johns, South Wales Police.

The main objectives for the conference were:

To provide an overview of the national strategies for addressing modern slavery, including the

Modern Slavery Bill; changes to the National Referral Mechanism and the role of the UK

Human Trafficking Centre under the National Crime Agency;

To present an update on the progress being made and learning points from both the North

Wales and Wales Anti-Slavery Projects;

To share about slavery and human trafficking issues and work being done from an

international perspective;

To give an understanding of modern slavery from the victim’s perspective;

To present examples of recent police investigations, and the complexities of securing

convictions;

To provide an update on the training that has been taking place throughout Wales and the

progress made in raising awareness of the issues.

To look at the importance of multi-agency intelligence sharing;

To provide key leaders and managers with the opportunity to consider the contribution their

departments or organisations can make to ensure the problem of modern slavery does not go

unrecognised in Wales.

Delegates were asked to give feedback as they left, and there were a great deal of positive comments, not

only about the conference, but also about the future development, training opportunities and collaborative

partnerships towards the work of Anti-Slavery in Wales.

A copy of the Conference Report can be found on the

Welsh Assembly Govt. and North Wales Police websites :

For other information, please contact Jim Coy

JamesCoy@anglesey.gov.uk

North Wales Anti-Slavery Project

Prosiect Atal-Caethwasiaeth Gogledd Cymru