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Andrew Wallis OBE

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CEO of Multi-Award Winning Charity Unseen. Support Liverpool Football Club & Yorkshire County Cricket Club. Varied & multiple views my own. World Citizen.

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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
$684m profit. 42 employees. A workforce that they take no legal responsibility for. The "we're just a platform" defence is legally untenable now. Contributed to BBC's OnlyFans: Inside the Machine this week. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
OnlyFans 'agents' exploit creators while taking half their earnings, BBC finds
Dozens of women on OnlyFans describe being exploited by managers who promised to help maximise profits.
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
It’s a badge of honour when the Daily Telegraph says this www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea... #bristol
bristol247.com
Daily Telegraph calls Bristol 'most annoying city in Britain'
Their ire extends to topography, Brutalist architecture, street art, cargo bikes, artisan bakeries and shipping containers
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Thanks for less than nothing Brexiteers www.theguardian.com/politics/202... #brexit
theguardian.com
How Brexit has made Britain poorer – in charts
Forecasters were wrong about an immediate recession but right that we would be worse off outside the EU
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Powerful powerful speech by Alex Davies-Jones MP on transparency and hearing the voice of victims of Epstein, at TheyWorkForYou www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=...
theyworkforyou.com
I think what has struck me most...
Part of Lebanon: Israel Defence Forces Operations – in the House of Commons at 4:03 pm 3 June 2026
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
The accused allegedly exploited the women’s vulnerabilities, using psychological pressure and threats to demand more explicit content. The case involves at least 3.6 million crowns in income.
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Czech police charged four individuals and a legal entity for coercing young women into creating explicit content for OnlyFans and other platforms. www.reuters.com/world/czech-...
reuters.com
Czech police charge four in OnlyFans human trafficking case
Czech police said on Tuesday they had charged four people and an unnamed legal entity for coercing young women ​to provide erotic content for accounts on OnlyFans and other social ‌networks.
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
When you think about the profile of a human trafficker, what do you think of? I bet pensioner wasn’t in your top 10? #modernslavery www.itv.com/news/granada...
itv.com
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
The consequences of deliberately conflating smuggling and #humantrafficking rumble on with real life consequences for victims. Read this. www.dpglaw.co.uk/news/home-se... @dpglaw.co.uk
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
For British industry to be able to provide jobs and to compete, there must be an end to unfair competition based on slave labour.”
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Good to hear Lord Alton calling for MHRDD in the House of Lords’ Debate on the King’s Speech: “we called for radical change to the Modern Slavery Act to prevent slavery in global supply chains. Will those recommendations feature in forthcoming legislation? www.theyworkforyou.com/lords/?id=20...
theyworkforyou.com
My Lords, it is always a pleasure...
Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 1:02 pm 21 May 2026
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
She spent sixteen years cleaning, cooking and sleeping on a mattress on the floor — in a Dallas suburb, in plain sight. This is what #modernslavery actually looks like. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... ($)
newyorker.com
The Human-Trafficking Victim Next Door
A young girl was brought from Guinea to a wealthy suburb near Dallas. She spent the next sixteen years of her life in forced servitude, Yudhijit Bhattacharjee reports.
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
77% of trafficking victims are in forced labour, not sex work. Most people in the USA picture the other 23%. Neighbourhood kids called Djena "the slave." A neighbour saw a TV show about trafficking, looked at Djena's situation, and talked herself out of it. Couldn't happen here.
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Q. When is a law not a law? A. When it is politically inconvenient? #modernslavery www.politico.eu/article/uk-f... @labouruk.bsky.social @sarahchampionmp.bsky.social
politico.eu
UK retreats from forced labor pledge
Labour said its clean energy company would not give cash to firms exposed to slave labor risks. Now it is backtracking.
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Thanks Dan
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Come on Keir, you can do better www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m... @labouruk.bsky.social
theguardian.com
Britain is failing to protect victims of modern slavery | Letter
Letter: Andrew Wallis on the political will and investment needed to tackle record levels of exploitation
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
“Slavery and the most harrowing forms of exploitation are becoming more widespread in this country and evolving faster than we can respond,” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
theguardian.com
Modern slavery at record levels in UK and expected to worsen, report warns
Government’s anti-slavery commissioner says traffickers are exploiting a growing pipeline of vulnerability
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The Home Office published a one-year modern slavery action plan and stopped there. Today, a coalition of leading anti-slavery organisations publishes the Decade of Dignity — a ten-year vision to fill the void. unseenuk.org/major-report-calls-for-sweeping-overhaul-of-uks-modern-slavery-response
unseenuk.org
Major report calls for sweeping overhaul of UK's modern slavery response - Unseen
A consortium of leading anti-slavery organisations including Unseen has warned that the UK is enabling a ‘low risk, high reward’ environment for traffickers and exploiters, and has set out a detailed ...
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Hi @alexjjnorris.bsky.social, just wondering if you meant smuggler when you used the term migrant trafficker, and we’re not conflating human trafficking and smuggling as seems to be the want at present? They’re not the same thing! www.theyworkforyou.com/wms/?id=2026... Perhaps correct the record?
theyworkforyou.com
Illegal Migration: Small Boat Crossings
Home Office written statement – made at 23 April 2026
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
The tangled web of Epstein’s sex trafficking network spent been uncovered but raises huge questions about the British policing response. Epstein housed abuse victims in London flats, BBC reveals www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #modernslavery
bbc.co.uk
Epstein housed abuse victims in London flats, BBC reveals
The revelations intensify concerns about repeated police decisions not to investigate 2015 trafficking claims.
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Own a dog? Live in Bristol? Sign this! c.org/2FgZtXkZFm
c.org
Sign the Petition
Keep Bristol Parks Safe and Accessible for Professional Dog Walkers
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
The same leadership is needed now. Silence has a cost. It's measured in human lives. @thelancet.com #modernslavery #humantrafficking #epstein
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
The Epstein files are a moment. The question is whether institutions treat it as one. Medical organisations and public health agencies have done this before — tobacco, HIV/AIDS. They used their collective voice when politics looked away.
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
A Lancet @thelancet.com correspondence just landed that deserves attention. Human trafficking isn't just a crime. It's a structural determinant of health. 6.3 million people trafficked for sexual exploitation. PTSD, chronic pain, & developmental harm in children. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
thelancet.com
The public health response to the Epstein files
In 2019, revelations that American financier Jeffrey Epstein had orchestrated a powerful international network for human trafficking and sexual exploitation shocked the conscience of global society. A...
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
10 years of cost, red tape, business closures, lost opportunities, emboldened prejudice, national insecurity and social division. A total waste of our time, resources and patience. But refusing to face up to that has been the most dismal part. Political cowardice and dishonesty on an epic scale.
THE NEW WORLD (front cover)
ISSUE 476, MARCH 26, 2026 | UK: 

Photos of part of Reeves’s face and part of Starmer’s - side by side with text superimposed on their faces…


BREXIT WAS

It's only taken them 10 years...

A DISASTER

.. but FINALLY the government agrees with us

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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Brexit - the gift that keeps on giving sh*te @nfudc.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/ange...
politico.eu
Anger as EU gets a ‘better trade deal’ with Australia than Brexit Britain
British farmers are still furious that the U.K. didn’t take a harder line in its talks with Canberra.
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
This is not a good look for the government and further adds to the perception that victims of trafficking are not to be believed. Appalling that they have been told ‘the usefulness of a trafficking investigation where the conviction rate is very low’ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #modernslavery
bbc.co.uk
Al Fayed survivors say government has been 'sceptical' over public inquiry
Survivors say the Met and government need to expand their investigation to include human trafficking.
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
@sarahchampionmp.bsky.social @edmilibandmp.bsky.social
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
The Foreign Office funded Xinjiang carbon capture during the Uyghur detentions. Now GB Energy has a legal obligation to ensure its supply chains are free from forced labour. The government wrote that clause itself. Full argument on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/posts/andrew... @aliciakearns.bsky.social
linkedin.com
#modernslavery #forcedlabour #greatbritishenergy #china #xinjiang #uyghurs | Andrew Wallis OBE
The Foreign Office funded carbon capture development in Xinjiang between 2016 and 2018. At least four payments from the UK aid budget went to the Xinjiang regional government. At the time, the governm...
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
We close the national modern slavery investigations unit this April. Mid-investigation. Because immigration polls better. The full argument, including the Al Fayed angle, is on my LinkedIn. www.linkedin.com/posts/andrew...
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#modernslavery #msoicu | Andrew Wallis OBE
Criminal gangs are making billions from modern slavery in the UK. They are paying almost nothing back. In 2024, £854,000 was recovered from modern slavery cases under the Proceeds of Crime Act. Total...
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
The UK has 130,000 #modernslavery victims and a £60bn annual cost. From April, the government is closing the national unit that coordinates police investigations into it. The reason, per insiders: immigration wins more votes. That is a policy decision with a body count observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk
Outcry as modern slavery unit is closed | The Observer
Funding is being cut from the task force, despite an ongoing investigation into a trafficking ring allegedly run by the late Harrod’s owner Al Fayed
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
If you can, but you’ll have to be quick, do go and see this production at the Bristol Old Vic bristololdvic.org.uk/whats-on/a-m...
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Listen to this from @mediastormpod.bsky.social #modernslavery podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
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Modern slavery is thriving: the media just isn’t telling you
Podcast Episode · Media Storm · 12 March · 1h 1m
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
The instinct is to frame this as a monstrous outlier. But outliers do not survive 25 years of captivity in a residential neighbourhood. That requires systemic permission. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... #modernslavery
theguardian.com
Woman kept in ‘Dickensian’ servitude for 25 years speaks out as abuser jailed
Amanda Wixon, 56, sentenced to 13 years for keeping victim imprisoned at home in Gloucestershire since 1990s
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
I spoke to The Economist @theeconomistnews.bsky.social for this piece. My concern is simple: without stronger law, Britain becomes the world’s dumping ground for tainted goods. www.economist.com/britain/2026... @unseenuk.bsky.social
economist.com
A landmark anti-slavery case adds suppliers to British firms’ risks
The dust settles in a Dyson dispute
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
But courts are a poor substitute for Parliament. The Modern Slavery Act lets firms report that “no steps” were taken to prevent forced labour, with zero penalty. The EU mandates due diligence with fines up to 5% of turnover. America bars Xinjiang goods outright. Britain has neither.
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
The Dyson/ATA Malaysia settlement is a landmark. British courts can now hear forced labour claims against UK firms for what happens in overseas supply chains, not just subsidiaries. Outsourcing no longer equals legal protection.
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
The exploitation isn't despite the system. It's because of it. Restore the visa. It has been recommended for over a decade. GOV.UK publication page: www.gov.uk/government/p...
gov.uk
Overseas domestic workers visa: independent review
James Ewins’s review on the overseas domestic workers visa.
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Behind the stuccoed façades of Chelsea. 18-hour days. No bedroom. Passport gone. Sent across London for "massages." The Overseas Domestic Worker ODW visa was changed in 2012. Workers lost the right to change employers or renew, a legal exit route, gone. www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
standard.co.uk
The hidden scandal of modern slavery in London
Unpaid wages, 20-hour days, screaming abuse — Hannah Wallace investigates the grim reality for migrant domestic workers, helpless inside the city’s grandest addresses
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
I love this city. It doesn't need London's permission for anything. Except apparently a tram, or a metro or a bus that turns up. 23 smaller French cities have metro networks. #Bristol has a document explaining why it might commission a rprt about exploring options www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...
bristol247.com
How does Bristol's public transport compare to European cities?
Less than half of residents can get to the city centre in 30 minutes by public transport
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Same victims. Same network. Same evidence — except the #humantrafficking lens means investigators look at the enablers, the logistics, the pattern. Not just one person's word against another. The former head of the Met's anti-trafficking unit can't understand why it hasn't changed. Neither can I.
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
The French are investigating Al Fayed as #sextrafficking. The Met is investigating him for sexual abuse. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Al Fayed abuse should be investigated as human trafficking, says former senior Met officer
Investigation into claims of sex abuse by the late Harrods owner should include trafficking, says former head of Met's Anti-Trafficking Unit.
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Tougher regulation of adult services websites? Yes. But is the response designed to reduce harm, or just reduce visibility? Those aren't the same thing. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
The Guardian view on adult services websites: ministers must act on evidence of harm | Editorial
Editorial: Ofcom, the government and the police are all to blame for allowing online sex advertising to run out of control
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Our @unseenuk.bsky.social Modern Slavery and Exploitation Helpline indicated 804 potential victims of sexual exploitation in 2024. Child sexual exploitation cases more than doubled.
theguardian.com
The Guardian view on adult services websites: ministers must act on evidence of harm | Editorial
Editorial: Ofcom, the government and the police are all to blame for allowing online sex advertising to run out of control
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
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coloradonewsline.com
Supreme Court says forced labor lawsuit against firm operating ICE facilities can move forward | Colorado Newsline
The U.S. Supreme Court denied the GEO Group's request to dismiss a lawsuit challenging work requirements at its Aurora ICE detention center.
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
This is what #forcedlabour looks like when it is built into a government contract rather than a supply chain. The legal question is whether GEO is liable. The prior question is who designed a detention model where this was economically rational. @unseenuk.bsky.social
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
The detail that rarely gets named: GEO Group manages 77,000 beds across 98 facilities. The $1 a day figure is not an accident of underfunding. It is the margin. The externalised cost of running detention infrastructure is passed to the people detained within it, under threat of punishment.
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
The GEO Group operates immigration detention on behalf of the US government. It argued it was immune from lawsuit because it was carrying out federal instructions. The Supreme Court unanimously disagreed this week. The case now goes to trial.
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Work without pay. Or face 72 hours in solitary confinement. That is not a labour dispute. That is a coercion mechanism. Under any serious forced labour framework, that is the definition. 🧵
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Thanks, Hannah. No surprises that #middleeastforum is scaremongering.
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Andrew Wallis OBE @andrewwallis.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Applying Patterson's social death framework to one ethnic group, while the evidence base is this incomplete is selection bias #middleeastforum, not scholarship. Survivor-centred accountability means following the evidence wherever it leads.
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