At our January supper meeting we hosted Kate from Hampshire Police as our guest speaker.<\/p>\n
Kate, who works as part of the team that deals with Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking, explained what the most common terms that are used actually mean.<\/p>\n
Smuggling \u2013 the person is free at the end<\/p>\n
Trafficking \u2013 is movement and exploitation (for children). For adults some form of control needs to be shown as well (eg debt bondage).<\/p>\n
The movement could be within the same area or further afield (including across the world).<\/p>\n
Exploitation can mean forced labour, forced marriage or criminal or sexual exploitation.<\/p>\n
Statistics indicate that 403 million people in the world are living in slavery (136,000 in the UK).<\/p>\n
She gave some examples of cases she has been involved and highlighted the gaps in the support given to victims.<\/p>\n
In Hampshire, sexually exploitation is happening by phone (as sex chat lines) in brothels as well sex workers on the streets.<\/p>\n
She also mentioned some support services in particular the Amber Project and the Tulip Clinic.<\/p>\n
Her main hope is to create a drop-in centre to support victims and assist them if they seek refuge.<\/p>\n
Finally, she mentioned the Modern Slavery Helpline 08000 121 700 where you can report a suspicion or seek advice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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