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<p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has issued guidance to strengthen prosecutions
in support of the introduction of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. The CPS continues to
deliver joint training with the police. The increased awareness and emphasis on working
with the police to build stronger cases should lead to an improvement in the number
of successful prosecutions.</p><br /><p>The Director of Public Prosecutionsis hosting
a summit with the Heads of the Prosecution Services in the UK and the Lord Advocate
for Scotland in February 2016 to launch joint commitments to provide a more robust
UK response to human trafficking and slavery.</p>
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