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What role do adult service websites play in enabling sexual exploitation and trafficking? In a new report, the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner analyses survivor testimony, red flag indicators and platform design features across adult service websites, identifying systemic weaknesses that may conceal exploitation, limit support mechanisms and expose women and girls to significant harm.

What is the scale and impact of modern slavery and human trafficking in armed conflicts?  In a new report the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner highlights systemic exploitation in the majority of wars and outlines recommendations for allied defence forces to improve training, operational guidance and victim-centred responses.

The Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner publishes report and 'model legislative drafting' on the way forward for strengthening the UK’s forced labour and human rights legislative framework.

What is the best way to measure modern slavery in the UK?  A landmark review of how we build a clearer, evidence-based picture of modern slavery in the UK.

On World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner sets out how we can strengthen our national effort and collaborate internationally to combat modern slavery and human trafficking.

New research co-commissioned by Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner and the Modern Slavery 
Policy and Evidence Centre (MSPEC) at the University of Oxford, and led by ECPAT UK, explores how gaps and inconsistencies in definitions and terminology are undermining the effectiveness of the UK's response to child trafficking and exploitation.