Modern slavery referrals up 300% in UK due to improved identification
Increase included doubling of number of Vietnamese men used to farm cannabis since 2015, Salvation Army figures reveal
There has been a 300% increase in the number of victims of modern slavery referred for support in the past six years, and a huge increase in the number of men from Vietnam trafficked to work in illegal cannabis farms.
Almost half (48%) of those referred to the government programme were brought to the UK for sexual exploitation, 39% were trafficked for labour exploitation and 13% for domestic servitude, according to figures released by the Salvation Army.
The charity,
