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Sunday, March 15

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Sir Mo Farah, British Olympic athlete

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Two young women, one with a baby strapped to her back

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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A shocking organized child trafficking scheme exposed

*Trigger warning: This article contains mention of rape and violence  The recent arrest of a woman traveling with a newborn she claimed [...]

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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...

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Sex workers at risk of trafficking in Sierra Leone

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, [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Children in refugee camp

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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International baby trafficking syndicate uncovered in Indonesia

International baby trafficking syndicate uncovered in Indonesia

Police in Indonesia recently stopped six babies from being trafficked to overseas buyers in Singapore.  Authorities found the [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Woman silouette

“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 [...]

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migrants in boat crossing on water

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 [...]

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