12 minutes agoBBC: Albanians first in number of victims of modern slavery
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Referring to the British War Agency's annual report against crime, known as “British FBI”, BBC reports that a record number of those known as victims of modern slavery and trafficking in Britain last year, with over 5,000 referred to as such. Studies show that, [...]
The research results that, among 116 foreign nationalities, Albanians take first place with 777 cases, followed by Vietnamese with 539 eyes.
In total, for the first time in history the British take first place. The number of children thought to be victims increased by 66 percent from a year ago.
By “NCA”, references to children come mainly because of the increased drug trade, where young people are used as couriers for distribution. More than 2,000 children were referred to in the National Reference Mechanism, which identifies victims of modern slavery, whether for trafficked women or children, especially those unaccompanied.
In Britain, trafficked women and unaccompanied Albanian children pose a major concern for local authorities, while Albanian authorities in Tirana and London think these categories are not really such.
A large number of unaccompanied children have ended up in British prisons because of their involvement in criminal drug distribution networks.
According to Will Kerr, director of the British Criminal War Agency, “NCA”, figures “almost safely represent an incomplete assessment of the actual size of this phenomenon in Britain”.
