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Why Girls are Married Off in Sub-Saharan Africa

Many girls in sub-Saharan Africa are married off before they reach the age of 18, often because their families believe it will help [...]

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Victim Spent 10 Years Being “Passed Around” for Sex

Jenny (not her real name) is a victim of modern slavery who spent a decade in sexual slavery, being passed around by gangs of men who [...]

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Growing calls for credit card companies to reject porn sites

With the launch of a new campaign this past week, Freedom United joins a growing coalition of organizations calling on credit card [...]

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U.S. announce diplomatic boycott of 2022 Olympics Games in China

U.S. diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympic Games over Uyghur forced labor

The White House has announced that they will not be sending an official delegation to the Beijing Winter Olympics in February 2022. [...]

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Scotland’s Anti-slavery Day

Police and prosecutors are marking anti-slavery day by delivering a "crucial" message that there is no place for human trafficking in [...]

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Bride Trafficking in Vietnam: Coping with a Daughter’s Disappearance

In remote parts of northern Vietnam, girls are disappearing — some as young as 13 years old. They are victims of bride [...]

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More than 25% of Modern Slavery Hotline Calls from Car Washes

MPs are calling for hand car washes to be required to get licenses to operate in order to prevent “modern slavery in plain [...]

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India’s child trafficking trade revealed

In a moving video report last week, the BBC revealed the staggering extent of India’s nationwide child trafficking network—a trade [...]

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U.S. lawmakers pass Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act

U.S. lawmakers pass Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act

The U.S. is set to become the first country to ban the import of all goods made in the Xinjiang or Uyghur Region of China following the [...]

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Forced Marriage? This Girl said NO.

Forced marriage? This article is about one girl from Niger who refused by taking her family to court...

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Rohingya Children Trafficked for Sex from Refugee Camps

Young teenage Rohingya girls are being trafficked for sexual exploitation from refugee camps in Bangladesh. Incredibly, some of their [...]

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UK Reverses “Rescue Fees” Policy Following Outcry

The UK Foreign Office announced that it would reverse its policy of charging victims of forced marriage “rescue fees” [...]

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BBC investigative documentary shows harsh reality of forced organ trafficking in Egypt

A new episode of the BBC’s investigative documentary show Panorama follows two reporters in Egypt who track down and interview a real [...]

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Ukraine: fears traffickers exploiting unaccompanied children

Image credit: Kutsenko Volodymyr / Shutterstock.com In a desperate bid to escape from war, children from across Ukraine are being sent [...]

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Trafficked Parents in UK Have Unique Needs

Trafficked parents--pregnant women or parents with children--are having their needs "systematically overlooked" in the UK, a report [...]

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Record 5,000 Slavery Victims of 116 Nationalities Reported in UK

The National Crime Agency has issued a new report that found that 5,145 potential victims of modern slavery were referred to UK [...]

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Is the Sahara Trafficking Ban Working?

The number of migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe has fallen dramatically, and a recent ban on trafficking [...]

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Live-in domestic workers in Spain treated like “modern-day slaves”

Live-in domestic workers in Spain treated like “modern-day slaves”

Global lockdowns as a result of COVID-19 have resulted in some live-in domestic workers being trapped with their employers. In Spain, a [...]

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Xinjiang Police Files

The faces from China’s Uyghur detention camps

Working with a consortium of 14 media organizations from 11 countries, the BBC has been able to authenticate significant elements of [...]

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UK Trafficking Prosecutions Increasing

UK trafficking prosecutions are increasing since the Modern Slavery Act was introduced in April...

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How to Spot Trafficked Child Drug Couriers

Children across Britain are being used by gangs as couriers to send drugs from big cities to rural towns and coastal cities. [...]

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North Korean Defectors Escape Sex Trafficking

Mira and Jiyun managed to cross the border into China with the help of brokers in a desperate attempt to escape from North Korea. But [...]

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Babies stolen on Nairobi’s streets feed thriving child trafficking black market

This week, the BBC published a report detailing a year-long investigation into child trafficking in Kenya, which has found that [...]

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