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Recommendation 48
48
Deferred
Paragraph: 145
Ensure international cooperation combats modern slavery, not solely people smuggling efforts.
Conclusion
International cooperation should not be focused on people smuggling to the detriment of efforts to combat modern slavery and human trafficking and prevent exploitation of the victims.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government's response discusses the importance of financial investigations in modern slavery cases and states that police forces can access specialist financial investigator capabilities from Regional Organised Crime Units and other agencies, completely failing to address the recommendation about the focus of international cooperation.
Summary of the government's response below — read the verbatim text to verify.
Paragraph Reference:
145
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government · verbatim extract
Deferred
54. The Government recognises that people smuggling differs from human trafficking. a view to exploiting them by force, fraud or intimidation. Human trafficking includes travel within a country, not just across international borders.
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