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Working abroad may increase chances of abuse. A Ugandan woman gave an agent $400 to secure her a job in a mall in Dubai. But in the end, she was placed as a domestic worker for a much smaller salary and much, much longer hours…
Her passport and phone were taken away, and she was sometimes beaten. When she did escape, the Ugandan Embassy helped her, but did not assist her in finding a safe place to stay. It is estimated that 2.4 million domestic employees in the Gulf face abused.
An Indonesian court has convicted 19 people for their roles in a trafficking network that sold babies to buyers in Singapore. The group recruited pregnant women, arranged false documents and transported infants overseas under the guise of adoption. Lie Siu Luan, 70, received a seven-year prison sentence for coordinating the operation. The other defendants received sentences ranging from three to six years. Trafficking babies under the guise of
| Tuesday July 21, 2026
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