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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor in a suit

Thursday February 19, 2026

Royal arrest spotlights human trafficking allegations tied to Epstein case

Back of a person in a wheelchair wearing a yellow shirt

Tuesday February 17, 2026

New report exposes trafficking of children with disabilities for forced begging

Volker Turk, Austrian lawyer and diplomat serving as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Tuesday February 17, 2026

Migrants in Libya victims of “violent business model” of exploitation and abuse, UN reports

US flag against blue sky through a fence

Tuesday February 17, 2026

Colorado judge rules forced prison labor unconstitutional

three people picking apples in an orchard

Monday February 16, 2026

“A callous lack of care”: Critics slam UK government’s refusal to reform migrant worker visa scheme

A care worker in blue scrubs holding the hand of an elderly person

Thursday February 12, 2026

The UK’s new rules would punish the migrant care workers who keep the country alive

Persons in life jackets in a boat

Wednesday February 11, 2026

53 migrants dead or missing, including 2 babies, off Libyan coast

twe metal wedding bands resting together on a water splattered dark glass surface

Wednesday February 11, 2026

Ohio lawmakers begin push to end child marriage once and for all

A long row of wind turbines standing against a sunset sky

Monday February 9, 2026

Taiwan’s offshore wind boom facing labor exploitation allegations

hands holding cellphone as if engaging on social media with emojis coming out of screen

Friday February 6, 2026

How Big Tech evades responsibility for child sex trafficking on social media

Danielle Bensky a woman who said she survived abuse by Jeffrey Epstein

Friday February 6, 2026

Millions of Epstein files released—and survivors paid the price

Two gold wedding rings interlinked on white lace

Tuesday February 3, 2026

California still allows child marriage—why won’t lawmakers act?

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three people picking apples in an orchard

Monday February 16, 2026

“A callous lack of care”: Critics slam UK government’s refusal to reform migrant worker visa scheme

A care worker in blue scrubs holding the hand of an elderly person

Thursday February 12, 2026

The UK’s new rules would punish the migrant care workers who keep the country alive

Persons in life jackets in a boat

Wednesday February 11, 2026

53 migrants dead or missing, including 2 babies, off Libyan coast

UK Flag partly covering Big Ben

Thursday January 22, 2026

Diplomat’s abuse in London leads to landmark UK court judgment

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Back of a person in a wheelchair wearing a yellow shirt

Tuesday February 17, 2026

New report exposes trafficking of children with disabilities for forced begging

Volker Turk, Austrian lawyer and diplomat serving as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Tuesday February 17, 2026

Migrants in Libya victims of “violent business model” of exploitation and abuse, UN reports

Legs of a child walking away in a purple dress in a desolate room

Sunday February 1, 2026

Orphanage trafficking syndicate dismantled in Nigeria

prison bars in the shadows

Monday January 19, 2026

Over 220 migrants freed from secret underground prison in Libya

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A long row of wind turbines standing against a sunset sky

Monday February 9, 2026

Taiwan’s offshore wind boom facing labor exploitation allegations

man looking through window in a dark room with a bunk bed

Thursday January 22, 2026

Debt, delay, and death: the price Bangladeshi migrants pay to work in Malaysia

four Labubu toys of various colors

Wednesday January 14, 2026

Labubu: Scary toys, even scarier working conditions

Two South Korean flags waving in the foreground of a cityscape

Wednesday January 7, 2026

South Korean government launches cooperative crackdown on labor exploitation

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US flag against blue sky through a fence

Tuesday February 17, 2026

Colorado judge rules forced prison labor unconstitutional

twe metal wedding bands resting together on a water splattered dark glass surface

Wednesday February 11, 2026

Ohio lawmakers begin push to end child marriage once and for all

Danielle Bensky a woman who said she survived abuse by Jeffrey Epstein

Friday February 6, 2026

Millions of Epstein files released—and survivors paid the price

Two gold wedding rings interlinked on white lace

Tuesday February 3, 2026

California still allows child marriage—why won’t lawmakers act?

Shadow of figures holding hands projected on a brick wall with barbed wire

Wednesday December 24, 2025

Why rapid growth in detention is a threat to ending forced labor

Trafficking in Persons report

Thursday October 9, 2025

TIP report release reveals serious perils for America’s anti-trafficking efforts

tobacco farm

Tuesday October 7, 2025

Opinion: A life in the shadows of North Carolina fields

Brandie with the search and rescue volunteers for MMIW Search and Hope Alliance

Friday August 8, 2025

Beyond awareness: confronting the MMIP-trafficking nexus

Brooke Axtell as a child

Wednesday July 30, 2025

No child should endure what I endured

Children held captive and forced into sex in underground bunker in Alabama

Friday July 25, 2025

Child sex trafficking reveals the need for action

MHRDD petition hand in to 10 Downing St

Thursday June 19, 2025

“Exploitation is no picnic”: Delivering your ask for corporate accountability to the UK government

silhouette of woman looking out window

Tuesday May 27, 2025

Addressing modern slavery through the rescue model