A one-day policy conference
Tuesday 30th November 2010, Central London
“Human trafficking is a brutal form of organised crime where people are traded as commodities and exploited for profit by criminal gangs. Combating trafficking and looking after its victims is a priority for the new Government."
Damian Green, Immigration Minister
Human trafficking is a significant crime across the UK, with a recent ACPO report identifying more than 2,500 women trafficked to work in brothels in England and Wales alone, and many more victims of child trafficking and trafficking for forced labour.
It causes immeasurable suffering to victims, and causes direct damage to communities and economies across the country — with strong links to serious and organised crime, forced labour, firearms and drug offences.
With fears of increased trafficking around the Olympic Games and 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, changes to immigration policy, and new structures for leading organisations such as the UK Human Trafficking Centre and the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre, it is timely to consider whether we are doing all we can to tackle trafficking.
Timed to coincide with the UK Border Agency's one-year review of Britain's ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on Action Against Trafficking, this national policy conference will explore how the measures this introduced are working in practice, what more we need to do, and the impact of changes in the political and economic climate.
Building on the success of last year's 'Stopping Traffick '09' conference, it is your opportunity to:
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Understand the prevelance and impact of trafficking in your area, through victim care statistics collated across the country over the past year.
- Hear the success of recent awareness campaigns, and how these will be built on.
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Consider how first responders and the public can better understand and identify cases of trafficking.
- Explore the work justice agencies are doing to prosecute the criminal gangs behind trafficking, and debate what more we can do to increase convictions.
Last year's conference brought together key policy-makers, campaigners and front-line teams, with more than 25 top-level speakers including then Policing Minister Alan Campbell MP, then Solicitor General Vera Baird MP, Head of the UK Human Trafficking Centre Detective Chief Superintendent Nick Kinsella, as well as over 150 delegates from organisations including police forces, local authorities, victim care organisations and campaign groups.
Register your place for Stopping Traffick '10 today to ensure your organisation understands the reality of trafficking and its impact on your work, share best practice and benefit from the expertise of leading organisations, ainfluence the government's policies in this area, and shape what we do next.
