R -v -DG – Woodgreen Crown Court

R -v -DG – Woodgreen Crown Court. Represented DG in a multi hander being concerned in supply of Class A drugs. The modern slavery defence under s.45 Modern Slavery Act 2015 was raised. As part of the defence case, Adam Law Solicitors instructed a modern slavery expert who concluded DG was a victim of human trafficking in the form of child criminal exploitation which continued into his young adulthood and forced into criminality. The defence raised that gangs often can use coercive methods in order to recruit young local men to become involved in their activities, including dealing drugs on their behalf. These methods can include the use of pressure, threats and physical violence. Gangs will often can use methods to pressure people into working for them by claiming that those people owe them a debt. DG was acquitted of all charges.