Legal academic Jennifer Burns has called for a stand-alone criminal conviction for labour trafficking - or non-sex related trafficking - at a forum this week.

Although labour trafficking is often seen as less significant than sex trafficking, it is potentially a bigger problem.

It affects multiple industries and with the growth in global migration, forced labour is set to increase.

NGOs report that labour trafficking is already happening in Australia.

2ser’s Biwa Kwan reports.

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To get help for victims of human trafficking visit the Anti-Slavery Project website at www.antislavery.org.au