Global Slavery Index 2018 – Infographics
Graphics & InfographicsBelow are the infographics of Walk Free Foundation's Global Slavery Index 2018. ...Read More
Modern slavery can take many forms including the trafficking of people, forced labour, servitude and slavery. Recent statistics show that 47% of all potential victims who cite the UK as the location of exploitation, were trafficked into forced labour. Traffickers and illegal/unlicensed gangmasters target a range of industries including those involved in the agricultural sector.
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As of 2014,13% of the 464,000 people employed on agricultural holdings being seasonal or casual workers, farms could find themselves targeted by unscrupulous gangmasters who may be offering a ready supply of labour at knocked down rates. In 2016, 8% of potential forced labour victims referred to services came from the agriculture and food sector (2% to agriculture and 6% to food processing) While the numbers coming to light are small (68 victims in 2016), slavery’s hidden nature means actual numbers are likely to be much higher.
Below are the infographics of Walk Free Foundation's Global Slavery Index 2018. ...Read More
Together with the London Working Group, the Human Trafficking Foundation has produced the Referral pathway for adult victims to help Local Authorities improve their response to human trafficking and modern slavery, in particular the identification an...Read More
The data in this report represents signals and cases from January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017 and is accurate as of July 11, 2018. Cases of trafficking may be ongoing or new information may be revealed to the National Hotline over time. Conseq...Read More