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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?

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

Sunday February 1, 2026

Orphanage trafficking syndicate dismantled in Nigeria

Ursula Von Der Leyen and Giorgia Meloni sitting at a table

Thursday January 29, 2026

EU’s “new chapter” on migration repeats a cruel and familiar playbook

New Zealand flag blowing in the wind atop a pole on the roof of a white building against a backdrop of mountains

Wednesday January 28, 2026

Modern slavery legislation poised to reshape business reporting in New Zealand

Vast tropical landscape juxtaposed with brown forest floor from deforestation

Wednesday January 28, 2026

Brazil’s deforestation crisis is also a modern slavery crisis

Man holds sign saying Free Uighur

Wednesday January 28, 2026

UN sounds alarm over Uyghur forced labor—but is it still a US priority?

Two school age girls walking across a brick courtyard

Wednesday January 28, 2026

Australia calling on schools to help identify and stop forced marriage

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

UK Flag partly covering Big Ben

Thursday January 22, 2026

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

Hand holding up a sign that reads Freedom For Iran in the colors of the Iranian flag

Wednesday January 21, 2026

Economic desperation and brutal repression compound modern slavery risks in Iran

woman standing in silhouette

Wednesday January 21, 2026

Justice for survivor after 25 years trapped in domestic slavery

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UK Flag partly covering Big Ben

Thursday January 22, 2026

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

woman standing in silhouette

Wednesday January 21, 2026

Justice for survivor after 25 years trapped in domestic slavery

Close-up of wire fence

Monday January 5, 2026

Fear, humiliation, and risk of trafficking inside UK asylum detention

Protestor gathered waving Ukraine flags in solidarity

Monday December 29, 2025

Authorities dismantle sex trafficking network in Ukraine

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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

desert with mountains in the background

Monday January 5, 2026

Kenya’s growing human trafficking crisis

Individuals gathered in a hallway with a gate in the foreground

Saturday December 13, 2025

A survivor shares the horrors of detention in Libya

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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

Children walking together in a temporary living compound

Wednesday December 17, 2025

US foreign policy forcing children into marriage, labor or into the arms of traffickers

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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?

Man holds sign saying Free Uighur

Wednesday January 28, 2026

UN sounds alarm over Uyghur forced labor—but is it still a US priority?

Man holds a sign saying 'Slavery still exists'

Wednesday January 14, 2026

Slavery adapted to modern laws, labor systems, and global markets

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