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Debate briefing: Tenth anniversary of the Modern Slavery Act – Improving criminal justice outcomes
Published March 2025
The Modern Slavery Act 2015 was a significant step forward in the fight against modern slavery. However, modern slavery remains a low risk—high reward crime with criminals continuing to abuse victims with impunity. Bringing offenders to justice is essential to breaking the business model of organised crime groups, bringing individual victims a sense of justice and preventing more people becoming of victims of exploitation.