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The Lord Advocate has urged the Home Office to make determinations more quickly on whether a child facing prosecution for an offence is a victim of trafficking or exploitation. The intervention comes after Scotland was criticised in a major international report from the US State Department over a pu
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The Lord Advocate, Dorothy Bain QC, has written to the Home Office in an effort to cut the red tape around checks that reveal if children accused of crimes are victims of human trafficking. Ms Bain raised concerns as prosecutors in Scotland are forced to pursue young people who may be involved with
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Increased funding of £1.5 million has been announced for support services working with victims of human trafficking. Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf made the announcement as the annual progress report and statutory review of Scotland’s Trafficking and Exploitation Strategy was published.
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