UK Opposition calls for more to be done to fight human trafficking

In the UK, the opposition Conservative party called for the government to do more to fight human trafficking. Despite co-ordinated police efforts against this crime, the actual number of convictions of traffickers under the sexual Offences Act 2003 declined in 2007 to 16 from 27 the year before. The Conservatives called for the UK government to ratify and implement the Council of Europe Convention on trafficking, for which it has no definite time table, to set up a helpline for victims and to allow specialist support programs to help victims under the age of 18.
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