Modern Slavery: A Commonwealth-Wide and Global Crisis With the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games’ taking place earlier this Summer, and as our Birmingham Campaign coming to close, we are taking the time to reflect on the work that needs to be done in order to address human trafficking

How does exploitation relate to missing? It’s a Penalty and Missing People are honoured to partner during It’s a Penalty’s Birmingham Campaign to raise awareness of human trafficking and people who have gone missing in the West Midlands and therefore may be at risk of exploitation.  How

Birmingham 2022: The multiplex reasons behind running a campaign during a Major Sporting Event As the 2022 Commonwealth Games kicks off in Birmingham, at It’s a Penalty, we’ve also launched our latest human trafficking prevention campaign! Our awareness-raising campaigns run in the lead-up-to and during major sporting

CHOGM 2022: Working Together to Protect Children from Violence This week, from 19 to 25 June, the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) is taking place in Kigali, Rwanda. Heads of State from across the Commonwealth are gathering to reaffirm their common values and agree on actions to improve the

The Power of Sporting Events in the Fight Against Human Trafficking Traffickers often see sporting events as an opportunity. We need to educate people on how to recognise the signs of exploitation and what to do when they see them.Human trafficking is defined as the exploitation of people through forced