New report on human trafficking and slavery in the UK

The Centre for Criminal Justice have become one of those think tanks that always produce interesting and well researched reports. I don't necessarily agree with their findings, hardly surprising considering they were founded by Iain Duncan Smith, but I do always make a point of reading what they put out. That said, it would be remiss of me not to mention that they describe themselves as non-partisan, and do include contributors from across the political spectrum.

Today they've published a major report on trafficking in the UK called It Happens Here. This research has taken 18 months to compile, took evidence from nearly 200 sources and is an in-depth look at the current systemic failings which have allowed the problem to grow. The police and social workers (just for a change...) do come in for particular criticism.

I can't claim to have read the whole thing - it is over 200 pages - but for any of you who are studying child trafficking this report is brilliantly well timed. You can download the whole thing from here.  Alternatively, if you fancy making do with an overview, the Observer did a pretty good job of summing up the findings yesterday.

If you've the time however always go to the original source.