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It’s been 15 years since a universal treaty was adopted to fight human trafficking. What’s happened in that time? Here is a timeline…
A lot has transpired from 2000 when the United Nations passed, at the Convention against Transnational Organised Crime, the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in Persons…to this year–2015–when we saw two important initiatives–both Britain’s Modern Slavery Act and the United Nation’s adoption of 17 Sustainable Goals.
Thirty-eight European Parliament lawmakers from four political groups have urged the European Commission to end all funding for Libyan security forces. Mounting evidence shows EU-backed Libyan authorities have committed severe human rights abuses, including human trafficking, forced labor, starvation, sexual violence, and torture. Despite this, EU payments continue. Mediterranean “line of death” Irene Dea, from the Ivory Coast, was sailing off
| Wednesday October 22, 2025
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