Victims are often hidden in plain sight and we have a crucial role to play in spotting the signs and helping eradicate Modern Slavery. Traffickers and slave masters often use whatever means they have at their disposal to force individuals into a life of abuse and inhumane treatment, the impact of which is often devastating for victims.

Human Trafficking - Is the movement of people by means such as force, fraud, coercion or deception, with the aim of exploiting them.

Labour Exploitation - Can involve unacceptably low pay and poor working conditions along with some form of coercion meaning the individual is not free to leave at their own disposal.

Criminal Exploitation - involves an individual often being coerced into committing a crime for someone else's gain, such as shop-lifting, drug cultivation or benefit fraud.

County Lines - involves criminal gangs exploiting gangs exploiting vulnerable people and children, using them to carry and sell drugs from borough to borough, across many boundaries.

Cuckooing - involves professional criminals targeting the homes of vulnerable adults and using properties for drug dealing and other criminal activities.

Sexual Exploitation - often includes victims being coerced into sex works or sexual abuse, the victims may have been brought to the UK on the promise of legitimate employment or they may be aware they would be involved in sex work however not have consented to the type or frequency.

Domestic Servitude - usually involves victims working in a private or family home where they are ill-treated, subjected to unbearable conditions or working hours for little or no pay. It is often made very difficult and sometimes impossible for the victims to leave.

• Unkempt, untidy or malnourished.
• Poor living condition, cramped, dirty, overcrowded.
• Acting as if under instruction or someone speaking on their behalf.
• Picked up and dropped off from work at unusual times
• Unsure of their own address.
• No access to Passport or identity documents.
• In a situation of dependence - bonded by debt, repaying transport costs, shelter.
• No access to medical care
• Isolated with little or no free contact with family or friends or friends and fearful strangers.