Alpha victim
A term from the College of Policing Authorised Professional Practice (APP), reproduced under the Open Government Licence with a link back to the authoritative source.
Definition
A victim who is complicit in the exploitation of others, often out of survival and not out of choice.
This definition is drawn from the College of Policing Authorised Professional Practice. For the full operational guidance and current wording, read it at source.
Related terms
County lines
Illegal drugs are transported from one area to another, often across police and local authority boundaries.
Cuckooed address
This is where the suspect will take over a local property, normally belonging to a vulnerable person, then use it to operate their criminal activity from.
Debt bondage
Victims are tricked into working for little or no money to pay off a debt.
Human trafficking
An offence defined by section 2 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
Organised crime group (OCG)
A group whose purpose, or one of its purposes, is to carry out criminal activities, consisting of three or more people.
Organised immigration crime (OIC)
A collective term for activities that facilitate illegal entry, arrival to, or exit from, the UK in contravention of immigration law.
Definition reproduced from the College of Policing Authorised Professional Practice under the Open Government Licence v3.0. See the source link above for the authoritative, current wording.