There are an estimated 30 Million slaves throughout the world. But we, in Britain, cannot point the finger. We must ask why we tolerate 10,000 or more slaves in the United Kingdom today. We need a stronger law which will rank human trafficking alongside kidnapping and murder. We also need more vigilance on the part of the police, officials, social workers and the public as a whole to spot the signs of workers in conditions with restricted liberty.
Tag: trafficking
Slavery in 21st Century Britain
There are 27 Million slaves throughout the world. But before we, in Britain, point the finger we must ask why we tolerate 10,000 or more slaves in the United Kingdom today. We need stronger laws to rank human trafficking alongside kidnapping and murder. We also need more vigilance on the part of the police, officials, social workers and the public as a whole to spot the signs of workers in conditions of restricted liberty.
Unthinkable
I recently wrote an article of the broken law enforcement systems in many developing countries and how the poorest members of society suffer violence and are effectively outside of the law. An apology is in order.
I am about two-thirds of my way through a horrific book which outlines the problems of sexual exploitation of children in the United Kingdom and how the legal system seems to bring so few of the exploiters to justice.
UNTHINKABLE – by Kris Hollington
The shocking scandal of the UK sex traffickers
This is not a book review as such, though I have provided a Kindle link to the book. It is available to download in the UK for £1.49. I just want to highlight some of the issues raised by the book.
Compassion and Justice 