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Trigger Warning: this article contains graphic descriptions of abuse endured by those trapped in cyber-scam compounds. Thousands of people were recently freed from modern slavery in Myanmar, where they were forced to work in scam centers. Annika was among those freed. In a recent interview with the BBC, she told her story of being forced […]
Vishal Sharma is an experienced merchant seaman who became trapped in modern slavery. Now, despite testifying in court and appearing in a BBC documentary to try and bring the perpetrators to justice, an article in The Guardian reports that instead of finding justice, he and his family are facing deportation. “We are with you. You […]
The promise of a lucrative job dangled in front of someone desperate to earn a living wage. That’s the scenario playing out across the world in impoverished communities, and India is no exception. According to The BBC, Indians are becoming targets for unscrupulous employment agencies to lure them into situations that lead to forced labor, abuse, […]
In violation of UN bans a recent report found members of the crew on Chinese fishing vessels were North Koreans working under forced labor. ABC News described how, according to interviews in the report, North Koreans were subjected to abuse and were regularly moved from ship to ship to cover up the illegal scheme. Trapped […]
A New Jersey doctor’s medical license has been permanently revoked after it was revealed that she subjected her staff to domestic servitude. According to NJ.com, Dr. Harsha Sahni exploited two undocumented Indian nationals as housekeepers for eight years, depriving them of fair wages, medical care, and basic human dignity. “utter disregard for humanity” Despite suffering […]
Widespread labor violations were recently found on cotton farms in Madhya Pradesh, India. During Transparentem’s ten-month investigation child labor, debt bondage, abusive working conditions, in addition to other indicators of forced labor as defined by the ILO were uncovered. Further, 60 global brands have been linked to the three suppliers that source cotton from these […]
Never having visited another country, Priyanka Danaratna enthusiastically accepted an offer to move from Sri Lanka to Australia to work as a domestic worker for a diplomat. However, Priyanka’s excitement was short lived as upon arrival, she was asked to hand over her passport. Priyanka worked 7 days a week, up to 14 hours per […]
Iraq is on the verge of a setback in the fight against child marriage as a new proposed law seeks to lower the legal age of consent from 18 to 9, potentially allowing men to marry young girls. As reported by Times of India, the conservative Shia Muslim-dominated parliament is pushing to amend the country’s […]
In a landmark victory for victims of modern slavery, the U.K. government awarded £20,000 in compensation to each member of a group of fishermen, recognized as victims of modern slavery. Authorities rescued the Ghanaian crew in 2020 from a scallop trawler owned by the Scottish fishing company TN Trawlers. Earlier this year, a BBC investigation […]
In March, a joint investigation by The New York Times and The Fuller Project exposed the dark reality behind sugarcane production in Maharashtra, India. The report revealed widespread practices of debt bondage, coerced hysterectomies, child labor, and child marriage—tainting some of our favorite foods like Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. Another report showed children were […]
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