According to the government’s new Human Trafficking Strategy, traffickers should face more "appropriate penalties" for their crimes and existing powers to seize cash and profits made through trafficking should be extended.
The strategy also sets out plans to target the countries that are a major source of trafficking into the UK to prevent vulnerable people from becoming victims of trafficking in the first place, while the police will work to establish closer relationships with overseas law enforcement agencies to carry out joint operations across borders.
Meanwhile, the strategy commits to strengthening support for victims of trafficking.
"We recognise more needs to be done to stem the flow of human trafficking victims, particularly children, into the UK," the strategy said.
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