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Slave kids forced to be modern Oliver Twists
CHILDREN are being forced to pickpocket, shoplift and beg in “Oliver Twist scenarios” across Britain, the anti-slavery commissioner warned yesterday.
Kevin Hyland, who was appointed commissioner by Theresa May in November, said youngsters are part of lucrative criminal operations that net real-life Fagins huge fortunes in ill-gotten gains.
He said: “We are in the 21st century and yet we have Oliver Twist scenarios happening in our streets and cities.”
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