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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Philanthropist leaders unite against child marriage
Michelle Obama, Amal Clooney, and Melinda French Gates recently visited Malawi and South Africa announcing to the BBC their aim to end [...]
The continued plight of missing asylum seeking children in the U.K.
On Wednesday, June 5th, 2024, BBC reported that a High Court decision was made on a case brought against the Home Office in 2023 by [...]
Trafficking victims are hiding in plain sight even at McDonald’s
More people are living in slavery today than at any other time in modern history. And according to a recent BBC report, far from being [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Breaking the chains of tradition: battling child marriage in Malawi
In the heart of Malawi, forced child marriage persists despite its outlawing in 2017. Tamara’s* story, shared by the BBC, unveils [...]
Hunted and thrown into the sea: Greece’s deadly deterrence policy
Controlling the flow of migrants trying to apply for asylum in Europe is top of the agenda for governments across the European Union [...]
Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO arrested for sex trafficking
Trigger warning: This story contains accounts of sexual violence Despite the controversies that tainted his leadership—including a 2003 [...]
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 [...]
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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K-drama leads to 12 years of forced labor for North Korean teens
A video clip from North Korea showing two 16-year-old boys being sentenced to 12 years of forced labor for watching South Korean T.V. [...]
U.K.’s richest family accused of keeping staff in modern slavery
Four members of the Hinduja family, worth an estimated combined total of $47bn and currently the U.K.’s richest family, went on [...]
Blaming the players in the hostile immigration policy game
Thanh, (not his real name) is a Vietnamese migrant who came over to the U.K. on a small boat seeking asylum claiming he was trafficked. [...]
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