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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 [...]

Sex workers at risk of trafficking in Sierra Leone

“It’s a job that can cost them their lives.” – Tyson Conteh, Africa Eye Makeni in Sierra Leone is home to over 1,000 sex workers, [...]

A child trafficking survivor’s plea to the U.K. government

Scammers reportedly trafficking people to Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand

According to the BBC, thousands of people across South East Asia have been trafficked to Cambodia, Myanmar and Thailand where they are [...]

Kenya emerges as trafficking hub, U.N. warns

The United Nations’ migration agency is sounding the alarm: Kenya has become a major player in the escalating crisis of human [...]

Where is my family: captured in Sudan fleeing forced military conscription

Migrants of different nationalities are being detained at military facilities in Sudan according to the BBC . Many of those migrants [...]

Forced labor in "Italian" tomato products

U.K. supermarkets’ ‘Italian’ tomato products likely contain Uyghur Region tomatoes

Tomato purees marketed as “Italian” in U.K. supermarkets may be hiding a sinister connection to the forced labor of Uyghurs and other [...]

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 [...]

Ethiopian teenagers and young women are vulnerable to exploitation

Millions of underage girls at increased risk of being pressured into marriage

A report released by UNICEF this week has found 10 million more girls are at risk of child marriage over the next decade as a result of [...]

157 years later, U.S. still to fully abolish slavery

Did the U.S. ever truly abolish slavery? Advocates wait with bated breath for the results of next week’s elections when five states [...]

How a WhatsApp group became a lifeline for trafficked Malawian women

Georgina, a 32-year-old woman from Malawi, envisions a promising future when she accepts an offer to work as a driver in Dubai. Little [...]

“Not allowed to talk, not allowed to cry, only work”

Tania* bravely shares her story of brutal exploitation, dehumanization, and cruel physical abuse she experienced as a modern-day slave [...]

Laws that punish vulnerability won’t save lives, but safe routes will

Germany and the U.K. have unveiled a joint plan to crack down on criminal gangs facilitating irregular small-boat crossings. This [...]

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 [...]

UK tightens rules on using Uighur-picked cotton

Nigerian senator on trial for organ trafficking

A Nigerian senator, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife Beatrice are on trial in the U.K. on the grounds of exploiting a 21 year old to travel [...]

Tradition or tragedy? Child marriage debate in Ghana

A traditional marriage ceremony of a 12-year-old girl to a 63-year-old priest in Accra, Ghana has sparked outrage across the country [...]

Behind the glamour of this instagram influencer is a hidden world of exploitation

In September 2022, the families of two young Brazilian women reported them missing, sparking a nationwide search across the U.S. The [...]

Working for Shein: low wages and 75-hour workweek no bargain

Shein has been making efforts recently to go public on the London Stock Exchange. But a recent investigation by the BBC shone a light [...]