Britain’s chief prosecutor says prosecutions for human trafficking in England and Wales have increased since the introduction of a new anti-slavery law last year.
Alison Saunders said the number of people trafficked as laborers or domestic workers now exceeded the number forced into sexual exploitation.
She went further adding that there has also been an increase in the trafficking of people for sham marriages.
There are an estimated 13,000 victims of forced labor, sexual exploitation and domestic servitude in Britain. Globally, forced labour generates an estimated $150 billion in illegal profits every year, reported AFP.