British boys more at risk of modern slavery than any other group in UK, says study

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Teenagers are coerced into committing crime for someone else’s benefit, according to social justice groups

Almost half of the victims of criminal exploitation in the UK are British boys aged under 18, according to a report calling for new laws to acknowledge them as ­victims of modern slavery.

The analysis, by the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) thinktank and the charity Justice and Care, found that criminal exploitation is the most common type of modern slavery occurring in the UK in the past four years.

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