40 Million Modern Slaves - Dame Sara Thornton

Dame Sara Thornton is the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner with a UK-wide remit to encourage good practice in the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of slavery and human trafficking offences and the identification of victims.

Her lecture was titled "Did you know that there are 40 million modern slaves in the world today?" and challenged the audience to care more about the millions of people held in slavery across the globe.

Dame Sara provided an explanation of the prevalence of this crime and the responses to it, arguing that tackling modern slavery is not just a challenge for the criminal justice system, but also needs to be supported by a strong focus on the recovery of survivors and a determined preventative approach. In partic