"Whilst traditional notions of slavery can lead to the perception that no payment whatsoever is made to the worker... the 21st Century reality is often somewhat different and more complex."

The idea of "follow the money, find the crime" has been central to the detection, investigation and prosecution of many types of contemporary organised criminal activity, especially that which occurs at an international scale.  In this report we discuss why financial tracing has been particularly effective in detecting certain types of modern slavery. We examine challenges and complexities that financial tracing tools face in combatting other areas of modern slavery.