Modern Slavery
What is Modern Slavery and what can you do to stop it?
What is modern slavery?
Modern slavery encompasses slavery, servitude, forced and compulsory labour, and human trafficking.
Traffickers prey on the vulnerable, and those who are alone or lack strong support networks.
Slavery in the 21st century is often enforced by threats to the individual, coercion, abduction, fraud and deception. Victims range from men and women to children, they can be of all ages and backgrounds.
Rushcliffe Borough Council is committed to preventing slavery and human trafficking in the delivery of its services and corporate activities. The Council recognises that slavery and human trafficking remain a hidden blight on our society, that it has a responsibility to be alert to the risks and to strive to ensure that its supply chains are free from slavery and human trafficking.
Spotting the Signs
There are a number of signs that may indicate someone is the victim of slavery which include:
- Show signs that their movements are being controlled
- Show fear or anxiety
- Allow others to speak for them when addressed directly
- Look malnourished, unkempt or have untreated injuries
- Not be in possession of their passports or other travel documents, as these documents are being held by someone else
- Not have control of their own money or bank accounts
- Believe they must work against their will
- Appears to be under the influence of others
- Living in overcrowded accommodation
You can find out more about the signs of modern slavery in this video below
Signs to look for (YouTube video)
Crimestoppers is urging the general public to pay particular interest to workers in the following sectors; contract cleaning, agriculture, in nail bars, hand cash wash facilities, factories.
If you suspect Modern Slavery, please tell us as much as you know. You’ll stay completely anonymous. Your information could help free victims from danger and ensure they receive they support they desperately need from specialist agencies.
Contact
Police
Phone: 101 – in an emergency call 999
Crimestoppers - anonymously
Phone: 0800 555 111
Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority
Phone: 0800 432 0804
UK Modern Slavery Helpline
Phone: 0800 012 1700
Do it online
- Report antisocial behaviour
- Report fly-tipping
- Report dog fouling
- Repot fly-posting
- Report graffiti
- Report vandalism
- Report an abandoned vehicle
Documents to download
- Anti Social Behaviour case review procedure
- A guide to reporting hate crime
- Anti-social behaviour-Hate crime investigation and enforcement protocol
Useful links
- Digital stalking: guide - Women's Aid
- Nottinghamshire Neighbourhood Watch
- Crimestoppers
- Freedom programme
- Nottingham Domestic Violence Forum (NDVF)
- Home Office crime help
- Womens Aid
- Mens Advice
- Counselling Directory
Community Safety
- Antisocial Behaviour
- ASB Case Review (Community Trigger)
- CCTV Surveillance Systems
- Domestic Abuse
- Domestic Homicide Review
- Enviro-crime
- Lock It!
- Modern Slavery
- Nottinghamshire Neighbourhood Watch
- Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO)
- South Nottinghamshire Community Safety Partnership
- Terrorism and Extremism
- White Ribbon Campaign
- Serious Violence Duty