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A survivor of sex trafficking, Lilufa Bibi, had hoped that the Indian parliament would finally enact a new anti-trafficking law that could help thousands trapped in modern slavery. After multiple…

…Krishnan says the problem is that India’s Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act is rarely used to prosecute traffickers despite it laying out lifetime prison sentence for those…

…slavery in India from space! Researchers are focusing on an area of Rajasthan in India where their experience tells them there is a lot of slavery in brick kilns. They…

Indian workers who have been rescued from bonded labor across Tamil Nadu’s brick kilns, rice mills, and factories are coming together to help others who are still trapped in forced…

…convictions for trafficking. Ministers have also pledged to give £3m to spot and tackle child labour and build capacity to end the practice in Bangladesh, Pakistan and India.​ Ms Mordaunt…

…rice from India, and cheap toys from China are just three examples. 2 In March 2013, the Commonwealth Government announced a strategy to ensure that all goods and services supplied…

…India may be the Commonwealth’s most populous country, and one which suffers from high rates of forced child marriage and bonded labor, but it is far from the only Commonwealth…

…their support for India’s newly introduced anti-trafficking bill. But as India’s parliament nears the end of its session, the bill has still not been introduced. First Post reports: On 28…

India has jailed two brothel owners to life in prison for the trafficking, rape, and sexual abuse of children. This marks the first time the country has sentenced traffickers to…

A tribal girl from the Puducherry union territory in India has succeeded above all odds in reaching college after being rescued from a forced marriage six years ago. She was…