The Anti-Slavery Commissioner, Kevin Hyland OBE, released his hard hitting anti-slavery report today, in which Greater Manchester Police has been highlighted for the excellent work it has done to tackle modern slavery.
Kevin Hyland says in today’s report that overall the Police are failing to investigate alleged cases of modern slavery due to "chronic weaknesses" in crime recording.
In his first annual report, Kevin Hyland said police in England and Wales had received 3,146 allegations, but recorded just 884 crimes, indicating there were "too many gaps" for victims to fall through.
One Police force singled out for praise was GMP and in the 12 months leading up to March 2016, the force recorded 80 crimes and this trend continues.
Over the same period, 143 victims of modern slavery in the Greater Manchester area were referred to the National Referral Mechanism.
Chief Constable Ian Hopkins said: “We remain committed to tackling modern slavery, but we must never lose sight of the fact that behind every statistic is a real person who has gone through a terrible ordeal and is in desperate need of help.”
“The public have a role to play too and I encourage you to take a look around and if something doesn’t look right, tell us about it so we can investigate further.”
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