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Modern Slavery Workshop

Tuesday 27 February 2018

Doubletree by Hilton - Bristol

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Working with partners on disruption

Paul Elms, Head of Business Change and Public

Engagement, Gangmasters and Labour Abuse

Authority

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The Gangmasters and Labour

Abuse Authority

Paul Elms

‘Working in partnership to protect vulnerable and exploited workers’

Working together

Our remit is to

• regulate

• licence

• investigate

• and where necessary prosecute

We are here to offer expert advice and guidance

We have training and awareness products available online to download

Working together

• www.glaa.gov.uk

• 0800 432 0804

• [email protected]

• [email protected]

• @UK_gla

• @PFE1204

Mark Edgington – Chief Inspector, Avon and Somerset Police

Kate Garbers – Managing Director, Unseen

ASP:

The ASP model is a dynamic framework developed to promote and

develop effective multi-agency partnership working across the

South West region to bring human trafficking and modern slavery to

an end.

The model consists of localised partnerships and overarching

regional board.

Overview of Avon and Somerset ASP

Avon and Somerset ASP:Avon & Somerset Police

Unseen

Bristol City Council

North Somerset Council, Somerset County Council

South Gloucestershire Council

Bath & NE Somerset Council

Business West

Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner

HMRC

NHS

DWP

GLA

GAIN

UKVI and UKBA

Complexities partnership

working

www.aspartnership.org.uk

coordinator@aspartnership.

org.uk

Learning from other areas: Safeguarding and

disruption

Nigel Strick, Fair Trading Team Manager,

Neighbourhoods & Public Protection Service,

Cornwall Council

Tracy Daszkiewicz, Director of Public Health,

Wiltshire Council

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Better Business Compliance & Modern Slavery in Cornwall

Nigel Strick

Fair Trading Team Manager

What interest Regulatory Services?

• Op. Tundra –Gloucestershire Police

• Enslaving rough sleepers.

• Used in ‘rogue trader’ offending

• Cornwall’s MIGWAG multi-agency forum.

• Better Business Compliance Pilots

Better Business Compliance Pilot

• Cabinet Office

• Home Office

• BIS

• DCLG

• HMRC

“New partnerships to bring

the resources and

intelligence of national

bodies like the Home

Office and HMRC together

with the knowledge and

expertise of local

compliance and

enforcement officers to

ensure that there is a level

playing field for businesses

in your area.”

Cornwall

• Fishing

• Farming

• Tourism

Public Protection’s Interest…..

• Busiest summer with doorstep crime gangs.

• Inspections planned at crop-growing farms.

• Inspections planned at fish packers.

• Efforts to tackle illegal traveller site.

Cornwall’s Issues…..

• No permanent presence of Immigration Service.

• No permanent presence of Gangmasters’ Licensing Authority.

• Almost no HSE presence.

• No intelligence sharing systems/forums.

• No knowledge sharing between agencies.

Cornwall’s Advantages….

• ACPO Lead on Modern Slavery

• Established Local Enterprise Partnership

• Project Officer in post (Minorca Lane site)

• Established Trading Standards network

• Previous experience -Retail Enforcement Pilot and MIGWAG

Cornwall’s Partnership……

• Devon & Cornwall Police

• Cornwall Council

• Immigration Service

• HMRC

• HSE

• GLA

Our hopes for the pilot.

• Better informed visits to local businesses and interventions with organised crime groups.

• Established means for exchanging intelligence and information.

• Coordinated advice to local businesses.

• Joint approach becomes the norm.

• Support and endorsement from local businesses.

What we did…..

• County-wide

• Data and Intel Review

• Awareness Training

• Intel & Information Sharing

• Calendar of Operations

Results from the Pilot.

• 8088 business histories compared.

• HMRC legal gateways

• MoU for information sharing

• DVLA ‘un-blocked’

• 120 officers trained

• 26 referrals

• 2 multi-agency operations completed

Modern Slavery…….

• Chief Constable –ACPO Lead

• Modern Slavery Strategy

• Awareness Raising Conferences

• Training for Police Officers

• Referrals Mechanisms

• Safer Cornwall Partnership

Since 2016 in Cornwall…..

• Formally adopted by Safer Cornwall Partnership

• Agreed multi-agency work plan.

• Dedicated lead officer.

• Response plans prepared – wider involvement EG Emergency Planning.

• Referral pathways developed.

• Training and awareness raising.

• Public education.

Over the last 18 months in Cornwall…..

• 21 multi-agency case reviews:

• 5 concerning restaurant businesses (EH involvement)

• 1 concerning doorstep crime gang

(TS involvement)

• 14 involving drugs

• And…….

One of the largest Modern Slavery operations…

February 2018

Farm workers/flower pickers

200 migrant workers

14 taken into safety

Passports taken

Low/no pay

Suspicions of human trafficking.

What Role for Regulatory Services?

Eyes and ears:

• Food businesses

• Rogue Trader Gangs

• Taxis

• Farms

Intelligence gathering

Enforcement actions

NIGEL STRICKPUBLIC PROTECTION SERVICE

[email protected]

01872 324210

For further information:

Tracy Daszkiewicz

The Role of the Authority in the

Response to Modern Slavery

Overview

• Overview of the Risk

• The Modern Slavery Act and Local Authority Responsibilities

• Wiltshire Case Study 1

• Wiltshire Case Study 2

• Lessons Learned

A National Risk requiring a Local Response

Sectors and Languages

• Agriculture

• Car Washes

• Construction

• Maritime

• Nail Bars

• Restaurants/Takeaways

• Bulgarian

• Lithuanian

• Polish

• Romanian

• Russian Or Albanian

• Vietnamese

The Modern Slavery Act 2015

50 Regulations about identifying and supporting victims

(1)The Secretary of State may make regulations providing for assistance and support to be

provided to persons—

(a)who there are reasonable grounds to believe may be victims of slavery or human

trafficking;

(b)who are victims of slavery or human trafficking.Part 5, Section 50.

Schedule 3

Public Authorities under a duty to co-operate with the Commissioner – includes: A Chief Officer

for Police and all County, Borough and District councils in England and Wales and the NHS.Schedule 3.

Local Authority Responsibilities

The Local Authority are the lead organisation for the provision of welfare needs for

victims. This can include:

• Identifying a place of safety and temporary accommodation for victims, and

potentially identifying a suitable building to be used as a Reception Centre.

• Provision of equipment or additional welfare resources. This may include liaising

with and/or commissioning a voluntary agencies e.g. British Red Cross to provide

camp beds, bedding, clothing and welfare packs for victims.

• Provision of food, drink and other essential items.

• Arranging access to a range of specialist local authority support e.g. Social

Workers, Children’s Services, Revenue and Benefits, Housing, Emergency

Planning.

• Provision of emergency transport.

Wiltshire Case Study 1

Labourers on a Traveller Site (April 2015)

Strategic Coordination

Wiltshire Police

WiltshireCouncil

BritishRed Cross

SalvationArmy

NHS

UK Human Trafficking

Centre

• 5 Days of Response

• 3 Arrests made

• 3 Men chose not to leave

• 8 Men moved to a

Reception Centre

• 8 Men accepted into the

National Referral

Mechanism

• 5 Returned to the

Traveller Site

• 2 Returned to Romania

• 1 Moved away to Lincoln

Wiltshire Case Study 2

Car Wash Worker, Salisbury (August 2017)

• 1 Male arrested

• 1 Female arrested and later released,

returned to Liverpool with her children

• 2 Children referred to Children's’

Services and then returned to mother.

• 2 Men hospitalised after an iron bar

attack

• 2 Men chose not to leave, but later

changed their minds

• 1 Male ‘offender’ was actually a ‘victim’

• 3 Men accepted into the NRM and

went to care of Salvation ArmyJoint Decision Making Model, JESIP

Lessons Learned

• Raise awareness of the issues around of Modern Slavery - plan, test, exercise and

prepare with multi-agency colleagues.

• Early notification when modern slavery is suspected is essential to allow services to

begin organising a response.

• Activate and engage with voluntary agencies, the expertise and resources they can

bring are invaluable.

• Press for interpreters, if required, victims need lots of reassurance and information

on what is going on.

• A reception centre is primarily a humanitarian centre. The health, wellbeing and the

provision of support to victims outweigh their value as potential witnesses to a crime

and criminal proceedings and these needs should be addressed first.

British Red Cross working with victims

Matthew Young, Anti-Trafficking Officer,

British Red Cross

Linda Joynes, Resettlement Manager, Unseen

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Working with and

Supporting Trafficked

People

Matthew Young – Anti-Trafficking Officer North West

Today’s Talk

• Our services and how we work with trafficked people

• Refugee Support and working in Partnership in Bristol

• Your Space and Anti-Trafficking Support in Nottingham and

Derby

• Anti-Trafficking Officers and Anti-Slavery Networks

The Principles That Guide our

Work> Humanity

> Impartiality

> Neutrality

> Independence

> Voluntary Service

> Unity

> Universality

Our Services for Trafficked

people

Our Services for Trafficked People

Your Space - pre-NRM support and

information in Nottingham and Derby

Your Space and Working in Partnership

> Anti-Slavery Partnerships

> Working with Police

> Accommodation Providers

Lessons:

> Establishing referral pathways/establishing duties of care.

> Common understanding of the limitations and referral criteria

> Networks of organisations, not individuals.

Bristol Refugee Support

> Chairs Bristol Refugee Forum

> Move on support for refugees

> Destitution Support

> Referrals from Unseen, Haven and Bristol

Refugee Rights

Anti-Trafficking Officers

> Local lead for trafficking related British Red

Cross cases

> Person-centred support to trafficked people.

> Capacity Building.

> Identifying and filling gaps

Conclusions

> Importance of protection and provision of care

> Clarity needed regarding role and

responsibilities of each organisation

> Clear referral pathways

> Responding to gaps in services (BRC Anti-

Trafficking Officers)

Engaging Victims of Modern

Slavery

Linda Joynes

Copyright © 2017 Unseen

Unseen:Working towards a world without slavery;

Supporting survivors and potential victims of slavery;

by providing access to a range of specialist services,

enabling them to safely recover and develop resilient

independent lives

Equipping stakeholders; by providing training,

advice and resources to facilitate the identification and

support of potential victims of slavery

Influencing systemic changes; by using our experience

and research to impact and inspire transformation across

legislation, policy and society.