Message from Essex Police – Modern Slavery

Traffickers use online recruitment platforms to recruit and exploit victims of Modern Slavery & Human Trafficking. This includes the grooming of vulnerable children to deal drugs known as County Lines.

They target their victims through, age, gender or infiltrating specific areas such as: sex work, domestic servitude, drug supply and labour.

When engaging with suppliers and customers, we advise to ask for evidence of their processes and policies, including commitments around modern slavery, human trafficking, forced labour and human rights.

Please report any information to the following numbers:

• Police immediate threat to life 999
• Police non-emergency 101
• to report a crime/information or for advice around any concerns. Online Report | Essex Police  www.essex.police.uk/ro/report/
• the confidential UK modern slavery helpline 24 hours a day, 365 days a year on 08000 121 700, or report online. The Unseen App
• Crime Stoppers 0800 555 111 anonymous or online Form. Give information | Crimestoppers (crimestoppers-uk.org)

Gangmasters & Labour Abuse Authority - 0800 432 0804