NEW REPORT: Anticipating Exploitation: A Futures Analysis
From the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner
“Modern slavery has not receded, it has grown. A decade on, the scale of the problem is greater than ever. Referrals into the National Referral Mechanism reached 23,411 in 2025 - the highest number on record, and a 22% increase in a single year. This is not simply better detection. It reflects a crime that is expanding, adapting, and embedding itself more deeply into the fabric of everyday life.”
Read the report here