News CPS Updates Guidance on Spiritual and Immigration Abuse The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) have updated their Prosecution Guidance on 'honour'-based abuse, forced marriage,…Blog AccessMarch 19, 2026
News Home Office releases information pack for people in the NRM turning 18 The Home Office have released a new information pack for those who have been referred…Blog AccessMarch 2, 2026
News Report Released on Trafficked Children Missing from Local Authority Care A updated report, 'Until Harm Ends', by EPCAT UK (Every Child Protected Against Trafficking) and…Blog AccessDecember 11, 2025
News Home Office Publishes National Referral Mechanism and Duty to Notify Statistics for 3rd Quarter of 2025 10th November 2025 Potential victims of modern slavery in the UK that come to the…Blog AccessNovember 10, 2025
News Home Office releases ad hoc National Referral Mechanism Statistics On 14 October 2025, the Home Office released ad hoc statistics on the National Referral…Blog AccessOctober 23, 2025
News US State Department Releases 2025 Trafficking in Persons Report The US State Department has released its 2025 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The annual…Blog AccessOctober 6, 2025
News Report Released on Local Authorities’ Responses to Modern Slavery A new report has been published by Middlesex University, in partnership with the Anti Trafficking…Blog AccessMay 28, 2025
News Business and Trade Committee Publishes Report on Employment Rights Bill The Business and Trade Committee has published a report on the Employment Rights Bill currently…Blog AccessMay 23, 2025
News Home Office Publishes 2024 End of Year Summary of National Referral Mechanism and Duty to Notify Statistics The Home Office has released its end of year summary of National Referral Mechanism (‘NRM’) statistics…Blog AccessMay 23, 2025
Uncategorized Government Criminalises Child Exploitation and Cuckooing in New Bill The Government has announced that it will be introducing two separate offences via its Crime…Blog AccessMarch 20, 2025
News Modern Slavery – Organised Immigration Crime launching Chinese Cultural Resource Managing Director, Philippa Southwell, was invited by the Modern Slavery – Organised Immigration Crime Unit…Blog AccessMarch 7, 2025
News The Nationality and Borders Act 2022 Leading to a Decrease in Positive NRM Determinations The Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (NABA), which went into effect in January 2023, increased…Blog AccessMarch 3, 2025
Resources UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner Strategic Plan 2024-2026 February 2025 The Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner (‘IASC’) has released her Strategic Plan for 2024-2026. It…Blog AccessFebruary 13, 2025
Uncategorized GRETA Publishes Guidance Note on Recovery and Reflection Period 24 December 2024 Our managing director, Philippa Southwell, was invited to meet with GRETA (Group…Blog AccessDecember 24, 2024
News Home Office Publishes National Referral Mechanism and Duty to Notify Statistics for 3rd Quarter of 2024 Potential victims of modern slavery in the UK that come to the attention of authorised…Blog AccessDecember 9, 2024
News House of Lords Select Committee on the Modern Slavery Act 2015 Publishes Report 15 November 2024 On the 16th October 2024, the House of Lords Select Committee on…Blog AccessNovember 15, 2024
News Forced Criminal Exploitation: The Legal Context with Southwell & Partners This month our managing director Philippa Southwell was invited by the Human Trafficking Foundation to…Blog AccessOctober 29, 2024
Uncategorized Philippa Southwell Interviewed for ‘Victims as Defendants’ Report by University of York on her Experience Working with Victims who are Defendants Our managing director, Philippa Southwell, attended the scoping review on vulnerability, victimhood, and safeguards from…Blog AccessOctober 18, 2024
Uncategorized County Lines Policing Strategy Launched August 2024 The National Police Chief Counsel (‘NPCC’), together with the National County Lines Co-Ordination…Blog AccessSeptember 4, 2024
News Implications of the Rwanda Bill on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking On 25 April 2024, the Rwanda Bill, Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024,…Blog AccessSeptember 3, 2024