Mike Hall MP

Labour Party | Weaver Vale

Labour Action on human trafficking

One of the vilest crimes that threaten our society is the trafficking of human beings. This horrendous crime is the product of organised criminality, whose business is to make money from human misery.

Mike Hall MP was very pleased to hear that Jacqui Smith MP, the Home Secretary, has moved to ratify the Council of Europe Convention against Trafficking by the end of the year.

This announcement marks another key event in the Government’s strategy to protect the victims of trafficking and to bring to justice those who exploit them.

Mike Hall MP said:-

“The Government launched the comprehensive UK Action Plan on Trafficking in March 2007. We have also established a dedicated Human Trafficking Centre and provided £4.5 million over the last five years for victim protection under the Poppy Scheme, which supports adult women trafficked into the UK for sexual exploitation. I will keep constituents posted on this important issue.”