The report, based on interviews with social workers in 17 of the 33 London boroughs about their experience of child trafficking, is published by Ecpat (End Child Prostitution and Trafficking).
"Many of the social workers we interviewed for the report felt that they may have missed cases of trafficking through not being aware of the issue," said Carron Somerset of Ecpat, author of the report.
"Child trafficking can only be dealt with through a multi-agency approach. While our research has focused mostly on social services in London, it is clear that there are serious shortcomings in the capacity of all three bodies."
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