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UK Cabinet Office Guidance on tackling modern slavery

The Cabinet Office has published PPN 02/23 - Tackling Modern Slavery in Government Supply Chains – Guidance outlining actions that contracting authorities must take to ensure that modern slavery risks are identified and managed in government supply chains...
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UNODC Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2022

According to the report, fewer victims of trafficking in persons are being identified even as the COVID-19 pandemic and other crises are increasing vulnerabilities to exploitation. The number of victims detected globally fell by 11 per cent in 2020 from the previous year...
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FinCEN alert on human smuggling along the US Southwest border

FinCEN issued an alert to better support FIs in detecting financial activity related to human smuggling along the southwest border of the US. FIs need to know that their vigilance and prompt Bank Secrecy Act reporting matters, it aids investigations tied to human smuggling...
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EU Commission plans stronger rules to fight human trafficking

The updated rules will provide stronger tools for law enforcement and judicial authorities to investigate and prosecute new forms of exploitation. The Commission's proposal put forward mandatory sanctions against companies for trafficking...
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Council of Europe on fight against human trafficking

GRETA’s latest evaluation report urged the Irish authorities to adopt a national referral mechanism to ensure that different agencies are involved in identifying victims of all types of trafficking, and to provide trafficking victims with specialised assistance...
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Europol: Human traffickers luring Ukrainian refugees

The investigators monitored different online platforms to detect criminal networks attempting to recruit vulnerable Ukrainian refugees and identified suspicious advertisements targeting Ukrainian refugees, looked into tips received from citizens...
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UNODC new report on human trafficking

The report discusses the most common forms of trafficking in persons addressing the current challenges encountered by professionals who are involved in the different stages of the anti-trafficking response, from detection to prosecution, including prevention...
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Home Office on Modern Slavery Fund review

Home Office reports on trends and recommendations identified as part of a fund-wide review of the Modern Slavery Fund with the aim of reducing the prevalence of modern slavery internationally through a combination...
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US DoS Country Reports on Human Trafficking

The reports paint a clear picture of where human rights and democracy are under threat. They highlight where governments have unjustly jailed, tortured, or even killed political opponents, activists, human rights defenders...
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Human traffickers: more digital and highly adaptable

More digitalised than ever, migrant smugglers and human traffickers abuse social media platforms, mobile applications and encrypted communication tools to offer their illegal services, organise their logistics and secure their profits...
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Europol large-scale action against human trafficking

Europol supported large-scale international action against trafficking in human beings. 29 countries, led by Austria and Romania, took part in the action days, which were coordinated by Europol and Frontex....
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Home Office 2021 UK annual report on Modern Slavery

The report covers key developments across the UK in modern slavery in the period Oct 2020-end of Sept 2021. The most common forms of exploitation reported were labour exploitation for adults and criminal exploitation for minors...
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