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Women Forced to Loan Sharks by 'Hidden' Economic Abuse in Scotland
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Sky News Business5/14/2026Crime2 min readUnited Kingdom

Women Forced to Loan Sharks by 'Hidden' Economic Abuse in Scotland

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Scottish Women's Aid reveals coerced debt as a widespread economic abuse tactic in Scotland, forcing women to turn to loan sharks, with calls for systemic change and debt relief schemes.

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Women are being forced to turn to loan sharks due to a "hidden" but devastating form of economic abuse, new research has shown. Scottish Women's Aid has published a study on the scourge of coerced debt – where an abusive current or ex-partner builds up debt in their victim's name, either without consent or knowledge or through force, threat or coercion. [...] The Scottish government said it was "committed" to tackling violence against women and girls in all its forms and has invested £21.6m this year through its Delivering Equally Safe fund.

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