Modern slavery
The definitive guidelines on the sentencing of modern slavery offences were issued on 12 August 2021 and came into force on 1 October 2021.
- Holding someone in slavery, servitude and forced labour (section 1), including physical restraint or imprisonment, threats or treatment which make escape from their position an impossibility;
- Human trafficking – transporting people for purposes of exploitation (section 2), which may involve recruiting, harbouring, receiving or transferring people cross-border;
- Committing an offence with the intention of committing a human trafficking offence (section 4);
- Breach of a slavery and trafficking prevention order or a slavery and trafficking risk order (section 30).
Related documents
To support the guidelines and consultations, the Council also publishes a range of documents. These documents may include consultation responses, statistical bulletins, resource and equality impact assessments and guideline assessments.
Related documents: Modern slavery
Archived
Previous archived versions of guidelines can be found below: