Under the Modern Slavery Act it is an offence to commit - or intend to commit - any of the following acts:
- to hold another person in slavery
- to require another person to perform forced or compulsory labour
- to know, or ought to know, that the other person is being required to perform forced or compulsory labour
- to traffic humans; arrange or facilitate the travel of another person ("V") with a view to V being exploited (including slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour, sexual exploitation, removal of organs etc., securing services, etc, by force, threats or deception, or securing services, etc, from children and vulnerable persons).
Read our full Modern Slavery Act statement.