How To Prevent Human Trafficking In The UK
One of the most prominent issues in society today, human trafficking, also known as modern slavery, has seen a 55% increase in the United Kingdom (UK) since 2014, with a total of 2,340 people, including 671 children identified as victims, 300 of these being British. The exploitation of these victims is labeled under four categories: domestic servitude, labour exploitation, organ harvesting, and sexual exploitation. Apart from hurting our citizens, human trafficking has a large impact on economics, as it removes much needed jobs, which is a result of domestic servitude and labour exploitation. By decreasing the amount of money in legitimate business and not paying taxes, organ harvesting and labour exploitation impact steady economic and civil
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Our first approach to end human trafficking is to run them out of business by increasing the risk of trafficking and eliminating their profits. The National Crime Agency (NCA), was created in 2013 in hopes of stopping and preventing organized crime, also known as human trafficking, in the UK and throughout the world. The NCA has created specialized units for combating Organised and Economic Crime, the Exploitation of Children, and enforcing Border Policing. The UK is committed to doing all we can to shield children from trafficking and identify the victims of trafficking so that they may receive the best support and protection we can provide. To carry out this commitment, we have created the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) which works with partners across the UK to identify and abolish threats to …show more content…
In hopes of accomplishing our goal, we are going to improve our victim identification, care, and protection by working hand in hand with the UK Border Agency, the Crown Prosecution Service, the Serious Organized Crime Agency, the police inside and outside of the UK, health care centers, and charities. We are also going to try to stop trafficking at the start by increasing our international engagement with the source countries, enabling us to learn and understand human trafficking patterns to better be able to prevent trafficking before it starts. Lastly, we will be strictly monitoring the borders and creating profiles stating the risk of victims from particular countries so that the front line staff can focus on
Our first approach to end human trafficking is to run them out of business by increasing the risk of trafficking and eliminating their profits. The National Crime Agency (NCA), was created in 2013 in hopes of stopping and preventing organized crime, also known as human trafficking, in the UK and throughout the world. The NCA has created specialized units for combating Organised and Economic Crime, the Exploitation of Children, and enforcing Border Policing. The UK is committed to doing all we can to shield children from trafficking and identify the victims of trafficking so that they may receive the best support and protection we can provide. To carry out this commitment, we have created the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) which works with partners across the UK to identify and abolish threats to …show more content…
In hopes of accomplishing our goal, we are going to improve our victim identification, care, and protection by working hand in hand with the UK Border Agency, the Crown Prosecution Service, the Serious Organized Crime Agency, the police inside and outside of the UK, health care centers, and charities. We are also going to try to stop trafficking at the start by increasing our international engagement with the source countries, enabling us to learn and understand human trafficking patterns to better be able to prevent trafficking before it starts. Lastly, we will be strictly monitoring the borders and creating profiles stating the risk of victims from particular countries so that the front line staff can focus on