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Speaking at a joint FCO and Home Office event on human trafficking last night, he outlined work the government is undertaking to tackle this crime, both in the UK and overseas.

This includes:

• work with embassies and high commissions of key source countries
• collaboration between the Metropolitan Police, the Romanian National Police and the Romanian Embassy to share intelligence
• work by Border Force officials to identify victims
• victim care under a contract run by the Salvation Army

皇冠体育app Minister alongside Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister Hugo Swire and representatives from the Association of Chief Police Officers, the Metropolitan Police, the NSPCC and the Salvation Army about improving prevention and听prosecution of traffickers and victim aftercare.

A strong and robust approach to human trafficking

Mark Harper said: 鈥楬uman trafficking is an atrocious crime that requires a strong and robust approach, both from within the UK and internationally.

鈥樆使谔逵齛pp government will continue to identify what further we can do to stop people from becoming victims in the first place and, if they do, how we can best support them to recover and recuperate from their terrible ordeal.

鈥極ur aim is to build on our collective efforts with international partners so far to continue to support victims and to identify and punish perpetrators.鈥�

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Human trafficking is a transnational crime

Hugo Swire called for greater international cooperation to tackle human trafficking. He said: 鈥楪overnments have a moral duty to take action, and take action together.

鈥榃e cannot effectively tackle the problem in isolation. It is a transnational crime, and it requires a transnational response. We are working internationally on prevention through education and alleviating poverty, strengthening our borders and greater protection for victims.鈥�

皇冠体育app top five countries for trafficking, based on potential victims referred through the UK鈥檚听victim care system, are Nigeria, Vietnam, Romania, China and Slovakia.

皇冠体育app top ten countries accounted for more than 64% of all referrals in 2011.