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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 consultations and years of lobbying lawmakers, the bill was finally cleared by the cabinet in February. Unfortunately, India’s parliament ultimately failed to table the bill in […]
Criminals trafficking children for sexual exploitation are unlikely to be deterred by a new government order approving the death penalty for child rape according to a prominent anti-trafficking activist. Sunitha 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 […]
You wouldn’t know it, but Nepal’s first contemporary circus is made up of contortionists, aerialists, and jugglers who all have one thing in common — they were trafficked to Indian circuses as children. Now that they have been rescued, the artists are putting their skills to use back in their native Nepal, educating communities on the […]
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 labor. According to International Justice Mission, an anti-slavery NGO, nearly 500,000 laborers in 11 industries in the state are victims of debt bondage, stuck working […]
The UK is stepping up to combat modern slavery across the Commonwealth as it announced a £5.5 million boost in aid to fight the crime in member countries. International development secretary Penny Mordaunt called for an end to “one of the greatest injustices of our times” during the funding announcement. Over 40 million people are estimated […]
As leaders from the 53 countries in the Commonwealth gather in London this week, nearly 10 million children will be working as slaves. According to the International Labour Organization and the Walk Free Foundation, nearly a quarter of the world’s victims of modern day slavery are children — many trapped in forced labor, trafficking for […]
West Bengal has the infamous title of being the state with the highest number of trafficking cases in India. In fact, it accounts for 44% of all human trafficking cases in the entire country. And local corruption is driving the problem. Tabassum (not her real name) was only 14 when she was raped by a […]
Sarojini sits in a hotel room looking dejected. For the last ten days, she and dozens of other survivors of trafficking have been visiting lawmakers in the capital to ensure 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. […]
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 life behind bars — the maximum punishment for the crime. Pancho Singh and his wife Chhaya Devi operated a brothel in Gaya in the eastern […]
An Indian couple operating a Super 8 Motel in Nebraska has been sentenced to a year in prison on charges of human trafficking and labor exploitation of an Indian immigrant. The couple, Vishnubhai Chaudhari, 50, and Leelabahen Chaudhari, 44, of Kimball, Nebraska also have to pay $40,000 to the victim. They face deportation after their […]
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