A report by Greater London Authority Conservatives published in October 2013 claims that ‘authorities are still blind to the hidden slavery taking place in everyday environments’ in London.
‘Shadow City – Exposing human trafficking in everyday London’, calls on the Met’s anti-trafficking unit (SCD9) to be urgently protected from further integration into other units (it has already merged with vice, fraud, and extradition). Additional human trafficking units should also be established in other police forces across the UK so SCD9 is not overstretched by being obliged to assist investigations outside of London.
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