Terror Suspects Like Shamima Begum Could Exploit Modern Slavery Law, Says UK Watchdog

Shamima Begum being interviewed by Sky News in northern Syria on Feb. 17, 2019. Reuters

The independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, Jonathan Hall QC, has said the definition of modern slavery in Britain is so broad that it is open to exploitation by terrorism suspects.

Hall told The Times: “The definition and the way in which the law is applied is over broad.”