Victims’ Voices Lead the way As the world marks World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, it presents a unique opportunity for Governments, Civil societies and the international community, to reflect on approaches to finding solutions in curbing human trafficking and...

13 July 2021 PRESS RELEASE BASNET Releases Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan For The UK Modern Slavery Sector; Urges Action To Make Sector More Inclusive. The UK BME Anti-Slavery Network (BASNET) today releases its Action Plan on Equality, Diversity and...

Statement: The death of George Floyd in the US on May 25th 2020 led to a global campaign and revealed the UK’s own challenges in relation to racism, lack of equality, diversity and inclusion. Our anti-trafficking and anti-slavery sector is not immune as...

Event: In June 2020, BASNET in partnership with the Human Trafficking Foundation held a sector-wide event to highlight the lack of equality, diversity, and inclusion in the UK anti-trafficking and modern slavery sector. Click to watch the video...

PRESS RELEASE: Jun 10, 2020 The UK anti-trafficking and anti-slavery sector has been very silent about the global, topical issue of “Black Lives Matter”. However, this should not be the case. The sector requires a lot of introspection and reflection to address its...

Amid the global anti-racism protests, representation in the UK anti-trafficking sector is still severely skewed and must transform bottom-up