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As India moves closer to passing a new anti-trafficking law, details of the legislation are revealing lengthy punishments for traffickers. It would prescribe 10 years jail for those convicted of…

Terranea Resort, a luxury retreat just minutes from Los Angeles, has come under fire for allegedly exploiting their foreign interns. The interns from the Philippines, Malaysia, and India were supposed…

A 21-year-old woman working at a textile factory in south India has passed away, renewing concerns about the working conditions for the thousands employed in the multi-billion dollar garment industry….

An Indian spiritual leader has been accused of trafficking and enslaving dozens of young women and girls at several ashrams in Delhi and across the country. Ajay Verma, a lawyer…

…afraid to go back [to India] because I have nothing there. But I know what is happening to us here in Italy is wrong.” The Guardian reports that there are…

…Nepalese consulate and continued to the consulates of Thailand, the Philippines, and India. Former Labour Party legislator Lee Cheuk-yan joined the protest and explained that domestic workers have little support…

Muthukani Murugesan told her employer that she was sick so that she could attend a rally with hundred of other domestic workers in southern India. Together, they demanded a living…

UK police have rescued nine victims of forced labor who were working on British scallop trawlers. The nine men are from Ghana, Sri Lanka, and India and were subject to…

India is looking to pass its first national anti-trafficking law, The Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill. If passed, it would prescribe punishment of up to 14 years…

An Indian politician is calling for greater enforcement of the law to catch those who pay to have sex with children. Fashion designer and spokeswoman of the Mumbai unit of…