The landmark case means if a UK fashion retailer knowingly, or with suspicion, imports goods that have been made in criminal circumstances, such as through forced Uyghur labour, they could be prosecuted under the Proceeds of Crime Act for trading criminal property.
The Global Legal Action Network (GLAN), which took the case to the Court of Appeal alongside the World Uyghur Congress (WUC), claimed this is the “first case in the world”…
