Diplomatic immunity enables perpetrators to exploit workers without any fear of prosecution or punishment, until this week, when a [...]
Source: BBC
Reunited twins part of Georgia’s decades-long baby trafficking scheme
In 2021 Tamuna Museridze, a journalist in Transcaucasian Georgia, discovered she was adopted and started a Facebook group to search for [...]
Exploited migrant farm worker left to die at side of the road
An Indian farm worker, Satnam Singh, died after his employer left him on the side of the road following an accident that severed his [...]
U.K. Government compensates fishermen recognized as modern slavery victims
In a landmark victory for victims of modern slavery, the U.K. government awarded £20,000 in compensation to each member of a group of [...]
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 [...]
M&S becomes first major fashion brand to publicly commit to Call to Action on Uyghur cotton
The British retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) has signed the Coalition to End Uyghur Forced Labor’s Call to Action and committed [...]
Olympic star, Sir Mo Farah, reveals he was trafficked to the U.K. as a child
Sir Mo Farah, a renowned and award-winning British Olympic athlete revealed in a recent BBC and Red Bull Studios documentary that he [...]
Ban on child marriage is not stopping forced marriage abroad
One year ago, in February 2023, it became illegal in England and Wales for children to marry when the loophole that allowed 16 and 17 [...]
Ending forced child marriage: Sierra Leone’s bold new law
On Tuesday, Sierra Leone enacted a landmark law banning child marriage, a significant step towards protecting children’s rights [...]
Family-run gang busted trafficking teens
A human trafficking ring made up mostly of gang-members from the same family was recently broken up by law enforcement in Romania and [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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