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Wednesday, February 18

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What does it Take for Corporate Supply Chain Disclosure?

When Nestle publicly admitted that it had found slavery in its supply chains, it became one of the only companies in the world to [...]

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Freed! 33 West Africans escape human trafficking ring

Recent police raids in Ivory Coast have led to 33 West Africans being freed from a human trafficking ring, reports ABC. Ivory Coast and [...]

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Surge in Global Demand for Cobalt Fuelling Child Slavery in DRC

The global demand for cobalt is surging, its price doubling within the last year alone. The mineral is largely used to stabilize [...]

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Zimbabwe girls revive past tradition to fight child marriage

Zimbabwe girls revive past tradition to fight child marriage

In Zimbabwe, child marriage continues to rob girls of their futures. Despite national laws banning it, one in three girls marries [...]

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85 Children Rescued from Sudan’s Gold Mines

Interpol has coordinated the rescue of 94 victims of human trafficking in Sudan. Eighty-five of them were children who were rescued [...]

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The human trafficking empire fueling Southeast Asia’s scam compounds

Recently the Myanmar military raided KK Park, one of the most well-known scam compounds at the Thai border. Sadly, only one of many. [...]

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Family Sues Facebook, Instagram for Enabling Traffickers

A Houston family is suing Facebook and Instagram over claims that the social media titans failed to protect their child from human [...]

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US foreign policy forcing children into marriage, labor or into the arms of traffickers

The disbanding of USAID and the sudden, severe cuts to US foreign aid have devastated child protection efforts for Rohingya children [...]

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Cambodia Surrogates Take Vow to Not Sell Babies

The thirty-two Cambodian women charged with human trafficking since joining an illegal surrogacy ring have been released from detention [...]

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Nestlé and Cargill face Supreme Court over child slavery allegations

The U.S. Supreme Court this week heard arguments in a long-running case against food giants Nestlé and Cargill over allegations they [...]

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New York moves to better support trafficking survivors

New York moves to better support trafficking survivors

A few days ago, the Queens District Attorney requested the dismissal of nearly 700 cases involving loitering for the purpose of [...]

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UN urged to endorse declaration on safe migration to address human trafficking

Following the first-ever International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) meeting last week, UN member states have endorsed a 13-page [...]

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Foreign court hears legal case from Uyghurs for the first time ever

In what is believed to be the first time ever, according to ABC news, a foreign court has heard legal arguments from Uyghurs regarding [...]

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Nestle Accused of Supporting Slave Labor System Regarding Cat Food

After US lawsuit linked to cat food, Nestle says forced labor has no place in its supply chain

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Filipino workers return to Saudi Arabia after reforms

Workers from the Philippines, including domestic and construction workers, will be able to go to Saudi Arabia for work again, after the [...]

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Syrian Refugee Child Brides Triple

The number of girls forced into marriage amongst Syrian refugees has trebled since the conflict began, organisation CARE says.

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Freedom United welcomes bill to end legal slavery in U.S.

The Abolition Amendment was reintroduced in U.S. Congress to end the exception that allows slavery as punishment for crime.

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Slavery Isn’t the Answer to Thailand’s Poor Economy

Thailand's economy is suffering far more than other Asian countries, and there's really not much hope for recovery...

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Rohingya girls’ agony deepened by forced child marriages

Warning: The original article is upsetting and may trigger some readers. The Rohingya people have had to endure agony for years: [...]

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Survivor Serving on Council on Human Trafficking

Bukola Oriola, of Nigeria, is a survivor serving on the Council on Human Trafficking. She was actually one of eleven survivors who on [...]

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U.S. court shields tech giants, ignoring child labor abuse in cobalt supply chains

A recent U.S. court ruling found America’s biggest tech companies, Apple, Alphabet Inc. (parent company of Google), Dell, Microsoft, [...]

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Parramatta Girls Asked to Give Back Compensation

The Parramatta Girls Home was also known as the Industrial School for Girls. It was a state run child welfare institution in New South [...]

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New legal precedents: the case of Tuff Torq Corp’s child labor violations

Tuff Torq Corp., a Tennessee-based manufacturing company is facing substantial fines close to $300,000 for exploiting children and [...]

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Teen Forced Labor Case at Ohio Egg Farm

A teen forced-labor case made the news a year ago but is still unfolding. Federal agents raided an Ohio trailer park and found 10 [...]

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