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Types of child trafficking. Traffickers often groom children, families and communities to gain their trust. They may also threaten families with violence or threats. Traffickers often promise children and families that they'll have a better future elsewhere. Trafficking is also an economic crime.
Child trafficking and exploitation are types of child abuse. Children and young people can be trafficked into the UK from other countries, and also within the UK. They could be moved to a different country or even within the same town or village.
Many children are trafficked into the UK from overseas, but children can also be trafficked from one part of the UK to another. Children are trafficked for: child sexual exploitation. criminal activity, including: cannabis cultivation. street crime - such as pickpocketing, begging and bag theft. moving drugs.
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The most common types of trafficking are: 1. sex trafficking: working as prostitutes, in pornography, phone sex lines, internet chat rooms, escort agencies 2. forced labour: working for low pay, or no pay, in poor conditions with threats of punishment 3. servants: working at their employer's home for low pay, or no pay, where they're often abused a...
Young people are tricked into travelling to the UK by thinking they'll go to school or get jobs here. When they arrive, they find out they've been lied to and are made to work in restaurants, steal or help with chores. They're also not allowed to go to school. Sometimes they're forced to work in the sex industry.
Trafficking is a hidden crime, but there are signs that could mean a person has been trafficked. Find out about the signs on our Modern slaverypage. More information on human trafficking is available on the National Crime Agency website.
Girls and boys are often subject to different types of trafficking, for instance, girls may be trafficked for forced marriage and sexual exploitation, while boys may be trafficked for forced labor or recruitment into armed groups.
News and press releases. IASC and ECPAT UK report on child trafficking in the UK in 2021. Thursday 23rd December 2021. The Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, Dame Sara Thornton, and ECPAT UK have today launched Child trafficking in the UK 2021: a snapshot.
