Exploitation of vulnerable people â modern slavery â is happening in Fenland
| Updated: 17:24, 04 February 2021
The fight to end criminal exploitation and trafficking of vulnerable workers in Fenland will feature in an important online anti-slavery conference hosted by Wisbech and Fenland Museum later this month.
The conference will be formally opened by the UK s Independent Anti-slavery Commissioner Dame Sara Thornton.
Local speakers include DS Chris Acourt from Cambridgeshire s multi-agency taskforce Operation Pheasant and Anita Grodkiewicz MBE of Wisbech s Rosmini Centre, which partnered Fenland District Council in an 18-month Government-funded project researching modern-day slavery in the area.
Anita Grodkiewicz will be among the speakers. (44276619)