Women and men from around the Anglican Communion have met in Hong Kong to address responses to the ugly billion-dollar human trafficking trade, substantially based on forced labour and sexual exploitation.

Representatives of international and faith-based relief organizations are emphasising that widespread public awareness is necessary in order to tackle the problems of forced labour and human trafficking.

Campaigners against global human trafficking and labour exploitation have welcomed the announcement from a major British manufacturer this week that its best known chocolate bars are now to go Fairtrade.

Christians in the Liberal Democrats have added their voice to the growing condemnation of the Government's decision to close Britain's largest dedicated human trafficking police unit next year.

Premier, the Christian Media Group, is launching a public plea, calling on the Home Office to reconsider budget cuts at the Met Police's Human Trafficking Department as part of their Not For Sale campaign against sexual slavery.

In a move that has been welcomed by campaigners, the Prime Minister has announced that Britain will sign up to a European convention to "stamp out" human trafficking.