**_Give it time and you'll be rewarded_** > _A total of 5,145 potential victims were referred into the system in 2017, an increase of 35 per cent on the year before, and the National Crime Agency (NCA) believes the number will continue to rise._ > > _Suspected labour exploitation was the most frequently cited category, accounting for 2,352 cases - nearly half of all referrals. Other reports were linked to suspected sexual exploitation (1,744) and domestic servitude (488)._ - "British children being forced into modern slavery in UK as 5,000 potential victims found" (Lizzie Dearden); _Th__e…