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Modern Slavery Workshop
Tuesday 27 February 2018
Doubletree by Hilton - Bristol
#modernslavery
Working with partners on disruption
Paul Elms, Head of Business Change and Public
Engagement, Gangmasters and Labour Abuse
Authority
#modernslavery
The Gangmasters and Labour
Abuse Authority
Paul Elms
‘Working in partnership to protect vulnerable and exploited workers’
Working together
Our remit is to
• regulate
• licence
• investigate
• and where necessary prosecute
We are here to offer expert advice and guidance
We have training and awareness products available online to download
Working together
• www.glaa.gov.uk
• 0800 432 0804
• @UK_gla
• @PFE1204
Mark Edgington – Chief Inspector, Avon and Somerset Police
Kate Garbers – Managing Director, Unseen
ASP:
The ASP model is a dynamic framework developed to promote and
develop effective multi-agency partnership working across the
South West region to bring human trafficking and modern slavery to
an end.
The model consists of localised partnerships and overarching
regional board.
Overview of Avon and Somerset ASP
Avon and Somerset ASP:Avon & Somerset Police
Unseen
Bristol City Council
North Somerset Council, Somerset County Council
South Gloucestershire Council
Bath & NE Somerset Council
Business West
Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner
HMRC
NHS
DWP
GLA
GAIN
UKVI and UKBA
Complexities partnership
working
Learning from other areas: Safeguarding and
disruption
Nigel Strick, Fair Trading Team Manager,
Neighbourhoods & Public Protection Service,
Cornwall Council
Tracy Daszkiewicz, Director of Public Health,
Wiltshire Council
#modernslavery
Better Business Compliance & Modern Slavery in Cornwall
Nigel Strick
Fair Trading Team Manager
What interest Regulatory Services?
• Op. Tundra –Gloucestershire Police
• Enslaving rough sleepers.
• Used in ‘rogue trader’ offending
• Cornwall’s MIGWAG multi-agency forum.
• Better Business Compliance Pilots
Better Business Compliance Pilot
• Cabinet Office
• Home Office
• BIS
• DCLG
• HMRC
“New partnerships to bring
the resources and
intelligence of national
bodies like the Home
Office and HMRC together
with the knowledge and
expertise of local
compliance and
enforcement officers to
ensure that there is a level
playing field for businesses
in your area.”
Cornwall
• Fishing
• Farming
• Tourism
Public Protection’s Interest…..
• Busiest summer with doorstep crime gangs.
• Inspections planned at crop-growing farms.
• Inspections planned at fish packers.
• Efforts to tackle illegal traveller site.
Cornwall’s Issues…..
• No permanent presence of Immigration Service.
• No permanent presence of Gangmasters’ Licensing Authority.
• Almost no HSE presence.
• No intelligence sharing systems/forums.
• No knowledge sharing between agencies.
Cornwall’s Advantages….
• ACPO Lead on Modern Slavery
• Established Local Enterprise Partnership
• Project Officer in post (Minorca Lane site)
• Established Trading Standards network
• Previous experience -Retail Enforcement Pilot and MIGWAG
Cornwall’s Partnership……
• Devon & Cornwall Police
• Cornwall Council
• Immigration Service
• HMRC
• HSE
• GLA
Our hopes for the pilot.
• Better informed visits to local businesses and interventions with organised crime groups.
• Established means for exchanging intelligence and information.
• Coordinated advice to local businesses.
• Joint approach becomes the norm.
• Support and endorsement from local businesses.
What we did…..
• County-wide
• Data and Intel Review
• Awareness Training
• Intel & Information Sharing
• Calendar of Operations
Results from the Pilot.
• 8088 business histories compared.
• HMRC legal gateways
• MoU for information sharing
• DVLA ‘un-blocked’
• 120 officers trained
• 26 referrals
• 2 multi-agency operations completed
Modern Slavery…….
• Chief Constable –ACPO Lead
• Modern Slavery Strategy
• Awareness Raising Conferences
• Training for Police Officers
• Referrals Mechanisms
• Safer Cornwall Partnership
Since 2016 in Cornwall…..
• Formally adopted by Safer Cornwall Partnership
• Agreed multi-agency work plan.
• Dedicated lead officer.
• Response plans prepared – wider involvement EG Emergency Planning.
• Referral pathways developed.
• Training and awareness raising.
• Public education.
Over the last 18 months in Cornwall…..
• 21 multi-agency case reviews:
• 5 concerning restaurant businesses (EH involvement)
• 1 concerning doorstep crime gang
(TS involvement)
• 14 involving drugs
• And…….
One of the largest Modern Slavery operations…
February 2018
Farm workers/flower pickers
200 migrant workers
14 taken into safety
Passports taken
Low/no pay
Suspicions of human trafficking.
What Role for Regulatory Services?
Eyes and ears:
• Food businesses
• Rogue Trader Gangs
• Taxis
• Farms
Intelligence gathering
Enforcement actions
NIGEL STRICKPUBLIC PROTECTION SERVICE
01872 324210
For further information:
Tracy Daszkiewicz
The Role of the Authority in the
Response to Modern Slavery
Overview
• Overview of the Risk
• The Modern Slavery Act and Local Authority Responsibilities
• Wiltshire Case Study 1
• Wiltshire Case Study 2
• Lessons Learned
A National Risk requiring a Local Response
Sectors and Languages
• Agriculture
• Car Washes
• Construction
• Maritime
• Nail Bars
• Restaurants/Takeaways
• Bulgarian
• Lithuanian
• Polish
• Romanian
• Russian Or Albanian
• Vietnamese
The Modern Slavery Act 2015
50 Regulations about identifying and supporting victims
(1)The Secretary of State may make regulations providing for assistance and support to be
provided to persons—
(a)who there are reasonable grounds to believe may be victims of slavery or human
trafficking;
(b)who are victims of slavery or human trafficking.Part 5, Section 50.
Schedule 3
Public Authorities under a duty to co-operate with the Commissioner – includes: A Chief Officer
for Police and all County, Borough and District councils in England and Wales and the NHS.Schedule 3.
Local Authority Responsibilities
The Local Authority are the lead organisation for the provision of welfare needs for
victims. This can include:
• Identifying a place of safety and temporary accommodation for victims, and
potentially identifying a suitable building to be used as a Reception Centre.
• Provision of equipment or additional welfare resources. This may include liaising
with and/or commissioning a voluntary agencies e.g. British Red Cross to provide
camp beds, bedding, clothing and welfare packs for victims.
• Provision of food, drink and other essential items.
• Arranging access to a range of specialist local authority support e.g. Social
Workers, Children’s Services, Revenue and Benefits, Housing, Emergency
Planning.
• Provision of emergency transport.
Wiltshire Case Study 1
Labourers on a Traveller Site (April 2015)
Strategic Coordination
Wiltshire Police
WiltshireCouncil
BritishRed Cross
SalvationArmy
NHS
UK Human Trafficking
Centre
• 5 Days of Response
• 3 Arrests made
• 3 Men chose not to leave
• 8 Men moved to a
Reception Centre
• 8 Men accepted into the
National Referral
Mechanism
• 5 Returned to the
Traveller Site
• 2 Returned to Romania
• 1 Moved away to Lincoln
Wiltshire Case Study 2
Car Wash Worker, Salisbury (August 2017)
• 1 Male arrested
• 1 Female arrested and later released,
returned to Liverpool with her children
• 2 Children referred to Children's’
Services and then returned to mother.
• 2 Men hospitalised after an iron bar
attack
• 2 Men chose not to leave, but later
changed their minds
• 1 Male ‘offender’ was actually a ‘victim’
• 3 Men accepted into the NRM and
went to care of Salvation ArmyJoint Decision Making Model, JESIP
Lessons Learned
• Raise awareness of the issues around of Modern Slavery - plan, test, exercise and
prepare with multi-agency colleagues.
• Early notification when modern slavery is suspected is essential to allow services to
begin organising a response.
• Activate and engage with voluntary agencies, the expertise and resources they can
bring are invaluable.
• Press for interpreters, if required, victims need lots of reassurance and information
on what is going on.
• A reception centre is primarily a humanitarian centre. The health, wellbeing and the
provision of support to victims outweigh their value as potential witnesses to a crime
and criminal proceedings and these needs should be addressed first.
British Red Cross working with victims
Matthew Young, Anti-Trafficking Officer,
British Red Cross
Linda Joynes, Resettlement Manager, Unseen
#modernslavery
Working with and
Supporting Trafficked
People
Matthew Young – Anti-Trafficking Officer North West
Today’s Talk
• Our services and how we work with trafficked people
• Refugee Support and working in Partnership in Bristol
• Your Space and Anti-Trafficking Support in Nottingham and
Derby
• Anti-Trafficking Officers and Anti-Slavery Networks
The Principles That Guide our
Work> Humanity
> Impartiality
> Neutrality
> Independence
> Voluntary Service
> Unity
> Universality
Our Services for Trafficked
people
Our Services for Trafficked People
Your Space - pre-NRM support and
information in Nottingham and Derby
Your Space and Working in Partnership
> Anti-Slavery Partnerships
> Working with Police
> Accommodation Providers
Lessons:
> Establishing referral pathways/establishing duties of care.
> Common understanding of the limitations and referral criteria
> Networks of organisations, not individuals.
Bristol Refugee Support
> Chairs Bristol Refugee Forum
> Move on support for refugees
> Destitution Support
> Referrals from Unseen, Haven and Bristol
Refugee Rights
Anti-Trafficking Officers
> Local lead for trafficking related British Red
Cross cases
> Person-centred support to trafficked people.
> Capacity Building.
> Identifying and filling gaps
Conclusions
> Importance of protection and provision of care
> Clarity needed regarding role and
responsibilities of each organisation
> Clear referral pathways
> Responding to gaps in services (BRC Anti-
Trafficking Officers)
Engaging Victims of Modern
Slavery
Linda Joynes
Copyright © 2017 Unseen
Unseen:Working towards a world without slavery;
Supporting survivors and potential victims of slavery;
by providing access to a range of specialist services,
enabling them to safely recover and develop resilient
independent lives
Equipping stakeholders; by providing training,
advice and resources to facilitate the identification and
support of potential victims of slavery
Influencing systemic changes; by using our experience
and research to impact and inspire transformation across
legislation, policy and society.
