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<p>The Government is committed to tackling modern slavery, and drug and firearms trafficking.</p><p>Our
response to these threats is set out in:</p><ul><li>Serious and Organised Crime Strategy:
(<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/698009/serious-violence-strategy.pdf"
target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/698009/serious-violence-strategy.pdf</a>)</li><li>2019/20
Modern Slavery Annual Report: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2020-uk-annual-report-on-modern-slavery"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2020-uk-annual-report-on-modern-slavery</a></li></ul><p>This
year, the Home Office is providing £2 million funding to continue to support the police
under the new Modern Slavery and Organised Immigration Crime Programme (MSOIC). This
funding will enable us to support the police to drive forward work to increase modern
slavery prosecutions and build capability to respond to organised immigration crime.</p><p>We
are also investing £25m over two years (2019/20 to 2020/21) to boost law enforcement
efforts to tackle the county lines model of drugs distribution, including through
expanding the National County Lines Co-ordination Centre (NCLCC), boosting operational
activity in the three major exporting force areas (the Metropolitan Police, Merseyside,
West Midlands), and increasing support for victims.</p>
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