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Record numbers of British people identified as potential victims of slavery
[Ira Gelb/Creative Commons]
RECORD numbers of British nationals are being flagged up as potential victims of slavery, a new report reveals today.
Last year, British children and adults made up for the first time the highest volume of cases passed to a scheme set up to identify who is at the mercy of slave drivers and traffickers.
A total of 819 people with British nationality were flagged up to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM), more than double the 326 in 2016.
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