Wednesday, November 14, 2012

BBC News - Human trafficking: Welsh councils may breach protocols

BBC News - Human trafficking: Welsh councils may breach protocols

Source: BBC News

14 November 2012


Fewer than a quarter of local authorities in Wales have specific policies on the issue.
This is despite the recommendations of a number of reports and evidence to suggest that human trafficking is a growing problem across the country.
Human trafficking is a lucrative global business worth around £20bn a year.
It is second only to drug trafficking in terms of profitability.
Despite this BBC Wales has found that 18 out of Wales' 22 local authorities do not have specific policies that look to tackle the issue of human trafficking and only three employ someone specifically to deal with the issue in their area.
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