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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Forced Marriage? This Girl said NO.
Forced marriage? This article is about one girl from Niger who refused by taking her family to court...
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 [...]
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” [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
UK Trafficking Prosecutions Increasing
UK trafficking prosecutions are increasing since the Modern Slavery Act was introduced in April...
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. [...]
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 [...]
Shandra’s Story–My Life as a Sex Slave in the U.S.
Shandra's story as a sex slave who was trafficked from Indonesia to the U.S. is poignant. In this article, she gives her remarkable [...]
Czech Survivor: “He’d Bought Me Like a Piece of Furniture”
An undercover investigation by BBC Wales has revealed the extent of labor exploitation and human trafficking in the UK. There has been [...]
Safe Car Wash App Reveals 1,000 Trafficking Cases
Users of a new app, Safe Car Wash, have helped reveal nearly 1,000 suspected cases of modern slavery at hand car washes across the UK [...]
Is the World Cup Stadium Using Forced Labor?
Is the World Cup stadium being built by victims of forced labor? Amnesty International says that the new flagship stadium for the 2022 [...]
The College Cleaner No One Knew was Enslaved
It’s 9AM and Sara watches the students arrive at school as she mops the floor. She looks at them wishing that she too could [...]
Cyprus Serial Killing Devastates Migrant Worker Community
An army officer has confessed to murdering five migrant domestic workers and two of their young daughters — one just six-years-old — in [...]
Child Trafficking on Rise in EU
EU countries are seeing a rise in the number of children trafficked there. The UK is a major destination for sexual exploitation...
North Korea’s Secret Slave Gangs Abroad
It is believed that around 150,000 North Koreans are sent abroad each year to work, bringing in billions of dollars in income to the [...]
North Korean Women Trafficked into Chinese Sex Trade
A new report from London-based human right group Korea Future Initiative is warning that thousands of North Korean women and girls have [...]
Modern Slave Held Captive 26 years
A modern slave, Michael Hughes, came to Wales in 1988 to find a job and to build a better life. He was soon sold, forced to work long [...]
MPs Announce Hand Car Wash ‘Slavery Probe’
MPs say they will investigate the rise in hand car washes across the UK amid concerns that many are exploiting workers and damaging the [...]
Northern Ireland Clears Cannabis Charges for Trafficking Survivor
For the first-time ever, Northern Ireland has cleared criminal charges for a Vietnamese trafficking victim who was forced to grow [...]
Burmese President Orders Investigation of Enslaved Children
Burmese president Htin Kyaw is asking for an investigation of two girls who claim they were victims of imprisonment and torture for [...]
Diane Abbott: Labour Would Close Immigration Detention Centers
The shadow home secretary, Diane Abbott, announced that the Labour Party would close two immigration detention centers if it was to [...]
UN Calls for Libyan Migrant Detention Centers to be Shut
The United Nations is calling for all migrant detention centers in Libya to be shut down following last week’s airstrike on one [...]
Pakistani Police Rescue 24 from Organ Trafficking Gang
“We will remove your kidney, and you will receive 300,000 rupees [£2,300].” Sadi Ahmed was held hostage for three months by an [...]
World Cup Child Trafficking Rescue Saves 10 Nigerian Kids
Nigerian authorities have rescued 10 children — 9 girls and 1 boy — from being trafficked from Lagos to Moscow for the upcoming World [...]
How Belgian Parents Adopted ‘Stolen’ Kids from DR Congo
“It felt like a slap in the face when we heard. This is what I had always wanted to avoid. And now, despite myself, I have a [...]
Flight Attendant Shares Story of Saving Trafficking Victim
When flight attendant Shelia Fedrick saw an untidy girl sitting beside an older, well-dressed man on one of her flight, she was [...]
Rooney Gang Slavery Victim ‘Chased’ over £165 Fine
A man who was kept as a slave by the 11-member Rooney family for 26 years is reportedly being ‘chased’ over a £165 fine [...]
Are British victims being failed in the UK?
The number of British victims of modern slavery nearly doubled last year. But as the number rises, questions are arising around how [...]
Slaves ‘as Young as 14’ Rescued in East Midlands
Dr. Alex Trautrims of Nottingham University said slaves are a “key source of income” for criminal gangs A woman of Chinese [...]
Forced Marriage Survivor: “I Don’t Blame My Husband for What Happened”
One survivor of forced marriage in England is speaking out about her ordeal. Growing up Anusha (not her real name) she says she always [...]
Reports of forced labor emerge as Uzbekistan’s cotton harvest begins
Uzbekistan’s annual harvest is getting underway, and yet again reports of forced labor are popping up. The country has been [...]
Worker Background Checks in UK May Not Detect Slavery
The BBC reports that researchers say businesses in the UK may be hiring forced labor, because companies do not have enough information [...]
150 Children, Including a 2 Year Old, Trafficked to Wales
In the last 18 months, Wales has seen nearly 150 children — some as young as two — trafficked to the area. The majority were girls who [...]
Maids for Sale: How Silicon Valley enables online slave markets
You won’t see them on the streets of Kuwait, but pick up a smartphone and you can easily search thousands of pictures of domestic [...]
The Domestic Worker who ate Dog Food to Survive
Maria (not her real name) travelled from the Philippines to Brazil to be a domestic worker for a wealthy family in the suburbs of Sao [...]
Yazidi Teen: ‘I Met My ISIS Captor on a German Street’
A Yazidi teenage girl who was sold into slavery by ISIS and managed to escape to Germany says she has come face-to-face with her former [...]
Forced labor punishment for sex workers scrapped in China
China has announced plans to end the practice of subjecting sex workers and their clients to forced labor in detention as punishment. [...]
“My Job Gives Me a Future”: How Co-op Helps Trafficking Survivors
Peter (not his real name) bursts with excitement about his future. He’s planning to go on vacation with his girlfriend to Spain, [...]
Home Office to Write to 18,000 CEOs
This summer, the government announced that it would review the UK Modern Slavery Act, hailed as landmark legislation when it was passed [...]
Trafficking victims from Vietnam exploited in UK
The tragic death of 39 Vietnamese nationals in the trailer of a refrigerator lorry in Essex last year drew attention to the precarious [...]
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 [...]