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…left many vulnerable to criminals who deceivingly promise a better life. Criminal gangs in Nepal dupe impoverished women and girls into working as slaves in urban homes in neighboring India,…

On Raksha Bandhan, the celebration honoring brothers and sisters, Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi received an emotional letter from an unnamed survivor of human trafficking. The two-page letter, delivered to…

…to reach India where her agent said a dance tutor’s job awaited her. Days later she was sold to a brothel in the western Indian city of Pune in Maharashtra…

…Department notes that millions of victims in India are exploited by sex traffickers. Traffickers often promise chances for employment or marriage, only to then force them into prostitution. India has…

Thousands of workers in India’s textile industry are asking for millions of dollars in compensation, since a court agreed they had long been significantly underpaid. It was a hot summer…

…with nearly 19 million victims globally. This is the story of Rani Hong. My name is Rani Hong. I’m from a small village in the Southern region of India, Kerala….

In order to expose problems in the textile industry, India has doubled its compensation regarding deaths of workers who operate power looms. As one of the largest producers of fabric…

Traffickers are promising young Indian girls a trip to the Taj Mahal in order to lure them into sex slavery. Rishi Kant, of anti-trafficking charity Shakti Vahini, said 15 girls…

…Pakistan, Bangladesh, and India. In the report: We believe that all companies in our case study either source or potentially source hides from Brazil and/or produce leather goods in China,…

CHENNAI, India. There is a new program in southern India that aims at helping domestic workers improve their skills and hopefully avoid exploitation. The goal is to prepare workers to…