Modern slavery offences up 59%
The UK’s 2020 annual report on modern slavery finds a 59% yearly increase in recorded offences and an increase in prosecutions.
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The UK’s 2020 annual report on modern slavery finds a 59% yearly increase in recorded offences and an increase in prosecutions.
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