County lines
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
Illegal drugs are transported from one area to another, often across police and local authority boundaries.
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
Alpha victim
A victim who is complicit in the exploitation of others, often out of survival and not out of choice.
Common Law Police Disclosure
The legal requirement for police to disclose information about individuals that may pose a risk to the public.
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.
grooming
The process of gradually reducing the resistance of a child, their parents or carers to abuse.
Human trafficking
An offence defined by section 2 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
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.