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Goal: President Obama announced an Executive Order to crack down on government contractors that had been accused of human trafficking. The executive order is a major step toward preventing human…

India is currently considering new legislation against human trafficking. But will the law do more harm than good? At once, some Indian victims of human trafficking have written postcards to…

…Bengal in 2017 (12.9% of India). The number was slightly less than 8,335 cases reported in 2016 (13.14% of India). Incidentally, the US State Department’s Trafficking in Persons Report published…

…the Responsible Sourcing Network explains: Turkmenistan exports the majority of its raw cotton to Turkey, Pakistan, India, and China, where the cotton eventually makes its way into many apparel products…

…Rights Lab, the world’s first large-scale research platform on modern slavery, is using satellites to locate child labor camps in Bangladesh and brick kilns in India – sites infamous for…

…can vary. According to the International Labour Organisation a migrant worker living in India will on average have to pay £825.00 ($1,149) to the person recruiting him to go to…

The Indian government has released new data on human trafficking in the country, but campaigners say the estimates are far below that true scale of the problem. While the government…

…significant challenges, progress has been made in implementing survivor engagement and leadership. In India, a project has trained 50 female survivors to be campaigners in communities at high risk of…

Under India’s ancient social hierarchy system, Dalits – who are considered to be at the bottom of the caste system – continue to work for little or no pay in…

A BBC investigation this week uncovered claims of exploitation made by Indian factory workers that supply British supermarket chains Sainsbury’s, Tesco, and Marks and Spencer, as well as fashion brand…