It is never ok when people have control over you and force you to work for them. They might promise to give you a good job or somewhere nice to live, but then do things that should not happen to you. They might:
- make you live and work somewhere you don’t want to and stop you leaving - it could even be in a different country
- make you live somewhere that isn’t clean or safe
- make you live with lots of people you don’t know
- threaten to hurt you or someone you know if you try to leave
- force you to do a job that you don’t want to do
- force you to work long hours with no breaks and nothing to eat or drink
- punish you for not working
- pay you very little or no money
- take your passport or identification off you
- stop you speaking to people
- stop you telling people your real name
- make you hide when other people are around
- make you have your benefits paid into someone else’s bank account
West Yorkshire Police has more information about Modern Slavery: Modern Slavery / Human Trafficking | West Yorkshire Police