From low-level drug dealer to human trafficker: are modern slavery laws catching the wrong people?
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When I heard that a boy from my primary school had been convicted of trafficking, I had to find out what had happened to make him fall so farWhen armed police burst through his front door in Tottenham, north London, at 5am in September 2014, Glodi Wabelua knew things looked bad. The house was full of drug paraphernalia, including a hydraulic press, scales and mixing bowls, as well as a mobile phone full of incriminating texts advertising deals for crack cocaine and heroin.The case went to trial...

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