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Child Trafficking

Child trafficking is child abuse. Children are recruited, moved or transported and then exploited, forced to work or sold. They are often subject to multiple forms of exploitation.

Children are trafficked for:
Child sexual exploitation
Benefit fraud
Forced marriage
Domestic servitude such as cleaning, childcare, cooking
Forced labour in factories or agriculture
Criminal activity such as pickpocketing, begging, transporting drugs, working on cannabis farms, selling pirated DVDs, bag theft.

Many children are trafficked into the UK from abroad, but children can also be trafficked from one part of the UK to another.

Details:

Telephone	0808 800 5000
Email	help@nspcc.org.uk
Delivered by	NSPCC

Updated: 14/01/2020