Archive of IASC Reports & Publications
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Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner Archive
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IASC paper: Roundtable on visa systems and long-haul recruitment in the agricultural and care sectors (April 2022)
A paper produced following an IASC-hosted roundtable on visa systems and long-haul recruitment in the agricultural and care sectors
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IASC report: OPERATION CARDINAS AND BEYOND: Addressing exploitation risk in the construction sector
A report which examines the risks and drivers of labour exploitation in the construction sector including analysis of a major police investigation, Operation Cardinas.
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IASC report: SURVIVORS' MENTAL WELLNESS: Our Feelings, our Minds, our World (April 2022)
This report examines trafficking survivors’ experiences of mental health support in order to identify the various gaps and challenges to sustainable mental wellness.<
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IASC Research Priorities Briefing Paper
This paper brings together a series of research briefings which begin to address the IASC research priorities.
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IASC review - The role of the financial services sector in eradicating modern slavery (September 2021)
The Commissioner's review of her engagement with financial services CEOs, making five recommendations on how the sector should be addressing modern slavery.
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IASC review: Financial Investigation of Modern Slavery - Part 2 (November 2021)
In March 2021 IASC published a report that made a series of recommendations designed to increase the number of financial investigations supporting modern slavery operations. This paper provides a review of implementation and identifies what more could be done.
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IASC Review: Operation Fort - What businesses should learn from the UK’s largest anti-slavery prosecution (June 2020)
A review by the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner on the business response to Operation Fort.
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IASC Review: Operation Fort Revisited - Retailers and suppliers respond to the UK's largest anti-slavery prosecution (May 2021)
A follow-up review by the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner on the business response to Operation Fort.
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IASC Review: Preparing for impact - How we can overcome barriers and cultivate a culture of collaboration, understanding, and respect to achieve impact on survivor support (July 2020)
A review by the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner and the Partnership for Conflict, Crime and Security Research on ways to improve the impact of survivor support research.
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IASC review: The Use of Modern Slavery Risk and Prevention Orders (March 2022)
An IASC report on the use of modern slavery risk and prevention orders. The report includes five recommendations aimed at law enforcement to ensure that investigators have access to practicable guidance to obtain orders and that standard procedures and systems are in place to actively monitor individuals.
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Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner Annual Report 2016
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Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner Annual Report 2017
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Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner Annual Report 2019-2020
Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner Annual Report 2019-2020 (print version)
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Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner Annual Report 2020-2021
Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner Annual Report 2020-2021.
Presented to Parliament on 14 July 2021 pursuant to Section 42 (10) (b) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
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Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner Annual Report 2021-2022
Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner Annual Report 2020-2021 Presented to Parliament on 25 April 2022 pursuant to Section 42 (10) (b) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
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Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner Research Priorities 2021
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Joint statement from IASC-OSCE-FAST on the critical role of the financial sector and human trafficking (December 2021)
A joint statement from the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner with the Organization of Co-operation and Security (OSCE) and Finance against Slavery and Trafficking (FAST) Initiative following the conclusion of a roundtable on the critical role of the financial sector in combating trafficking in human beings and modern-day slavery.
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Life Beyond The Safe House
A report by the Human Trafficking Foundation urging the Government to review its approach to move-on support for survivors of modern slavery to help them recover from their experiences and integrate into society.
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LINKING TO THE MODERN SLAVERY STATEMENT REGISTRY: An exploratory study of corporate behaviour (January 2022)
Analysis of how businesses are using the government’s Modern Slavery Statement Registry. The review looked at a sample of 150 company registrations and found that many did not correctly link their modern slavery statement. Some businesses were giving inaccurate information.
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Long-Term Support Recommendations
The recommendations in this document by the Human Trafficking Foundation highlight the minimum standards needed for a sustainable support system towards recovery for adult survivors of slavery.
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Managing Modern Slavery Risks in Capital Markets
In April 2021 the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner and the Liechtenstein Initiative for Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking co-organised a roundtable discussion on managing modern slavery risks in capital markets. The event explored developments in capital market expectations and regulation, drawing on the Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking (FAST) Blueprint, and recent research into the role of investors, asset managers, and capital markets.
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Meeting note - Launch of IASC and PaCCS review Preparing for Impact
A note of a meeting to launch the IASC and PaCCS review Preparing for Impact - How we can overcome barriers and cultivate a culture of collaboration, understanding, and respect to achieve impact on survivor support.
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Modern Slavery - A Council Guide
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Modern Slavery Multi-Agency Case Conferences at The Passage
An evaluation report on Modern Slavery Multi-Agency Case Conferences (MACC) at The Passage between November 2018 and December 2019.
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Modern Slavery Reporting Practices in the UK: Evidence from Modern Slavery Statements and Annual Reports
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Modern Slavery Strategy
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Modern Slavery, Environmental Destruction and Climate Change: Fisheries, Field, Forests and Factories
Modern slavery and climate change have emerged as concurrent crises in the contemporary world. This research interrogates aspects of the nexus between modern slavery, environmental destruction and climate change.