Human Trafficking

Andrew Rosindell
27. To ask the Solicitor-General what steps the Crown Prosecution Service is taking to improve prosecution rates in cases of alleged human trafficking.

The Solicitor-General
The CPS is working with other Departments to implement the UK action plan on trafficking which provides for a range of actions on Prevention, Investigation, Enforcement and Prosecution. The CPS has taken the following steps:

A Network of Human Trafficking Champions appointed in each CPS Area;

A Senior prosecutor seconded to the UKHTC (Government’s multi-agency task force to tackle organised immigration crime) to:

provide early tactical legal advice assist in obtaining evidence from other jurisdictions;

issued national guidance to prosecutors on how to handle trafficking prosecutions; and ensured that the victim’s interests are at the heart of any prosecution as part of the Prosecutor’s Pledge.