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<p>The Independent Review of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 considered the definition
of exploitation under the Act and found it is sufficiently flexible to meet a range
of new and emerging forms of modern slavery.</p><p>The Government welcomes this finding
and continues to work with the police and the Crown Prosecution Service to take full
advantage of powers in the Modern Slavery Act. We note that there have been recent
prosecutions under the Modern Slavery Act for cases of child criminal exploitation.
The Government Response to the Independent Review was published on 9 July and is available
here: <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-response-to-the-independent-review-of-the-modern-slavery-act"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-response-to-the-independent-review-of-the-modern-slavery-act</a></p><p><br>In
addition, there is an existing, published definition of child criminal exploitation
in the Serious Violence Strategy. The strategy is available here:<br><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></p>
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