27-03-2015 13:10 via theguardian.com

Human traffickers may face life sentence under Britain's tough new slavery bill

The law also aims to protect those at risk of being enslaved by the $150bn-a-year industry, amid concerns that the measures don’t go far enoughHuman traffickers may face life imprisonment under a British law passed designed to crack down on modern-day slavery, one of a raft of measures designed to lead the way in combating the $150bn-a-year industry.With an estimated 13,000 victims of forced labour, sexual exploitation and domestic servitude in Britain, the government has come under pressure t
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