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Once, fighting exploitation meant better wages, stronger unions, and safer workplaces. Today, it means police raids, satellite imagery, and border control. “Modern slavery”, often used interchangeably with “trafficking”, has become a political spectacle, dramatic enough to stir emotions, vague enough to serve power.
Labour interventions have long shaped our understandi...
No one expects to be enslaved. All who find themselves in these abusive situations also find themselves staring down an unfamiliar maze of checks and legislation, and their lives and dignity depend on being able to navigate it successfully. Survivors do not have the time or resources to prepare to save themselves, and a very small subset of the population is ever educated on ...
The role of the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner was established by the Modern Slavery Act 2015 to encourage good practice in the prevention, investigation and prosecution of modern slavery offences and the identification and support for victims.
In 2019, I was appointed as the UK’s Commissioner and served for three years. This article reflects upon my exper...
Futures of Work: Seeing People Before Exploitation
When people talk about modern slavery, the focus is often on statistics, compliance, or policy. But for me and many others like me, this is not abstract. It is a lived reality. Before exploitation, I was a business owner. I have experience in asset management, ambition, and huge responsibility. I also had vu...
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the UK’s Modern Slavery Act, proving an obvious point for reflecting on its legacy. When the Act was passed, it was touted as being a ‘world leading’ piece of legislation. This was accurate ten years ago because the only similar piece of legislation was California’s Transparency in Supply Chains Act, upon which the UK’s Modern Sla...
