Up to 13,000 victims of modern slavery are trapped in the UK

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BBC reports that slavery (including sexual) is going on now. NYT had better accuse current UK government rather than Japanese Army 70 years ago.
Aneeta Prem, founder of the Freedom Charity, said recent publicity around the issue was helping, but "everyone needs to be vigilant." She said: "It's not somebody in shackles, it's not somebody tied into a house that cannot leave, that isn't what a modern day slave is. "It could be someone forced into sex trafficking, someone forced to work on a farm with no pay or little pay."

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