Religious sisters pose as prostitutes to rescue victims of slavery by going into brothels and buying children back...
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Foreign Worker Brokers Compound Abuses
By Megan Twohey, Mica Rosenberg and Ryan McNeill NEW YORK Feb 19 (Reuters) - Nestor Molina has made a living looking for Honduran [...]
Global Slavery Index Reports 45 Million Slaves
The 2016 Global Slavery Index, a report just released by the Walk Free Foundation, reveals that there are more slaves in the world than [...]
Oxfam: Supermarkets Must Help End Abuses at Bottom of Supply Chain
Oxfam is warning that supermarkets in the West are using their purchasing power to force their suppliers to cut prices, thereby [...]
Boko Haram and ISIS Promote Slavery
A U.N. General Assembly think tank, and the private anti-slavery Freedom Fund has said that "Slavery persists because we let it persist"...
Army Vets Become Hero Child Rescue Corps
Army vets who were injured don't have to stop fighting. There is a new initiative called The Hero Rescue Corps. It is a [...]
First Comprehensive Indian Law Against Trafficking
The minister of women and children in India announced the draft of its first comprehensive law against trafficking. The law will treat [...]
Babies Sold for $1,375 on Instagram
Indonesian police have broken up a child trafficking ring that was selling babies on Instagram for as little as $1,375 AUD. Police [...]
Indian Religious leaders Agree to Fight Slavery
On Thursday, religious leaders agreed to use their power to fight slavery in India...
Slave Workforce Rescued in UK
A slave workforce was rescued by Hope For Justice in a daring mission in West Yorkshire. The freed men were forced to work long hours [...]
Indian Children Forced To Beg
Nearly 300,000 Indian children are drugged and beaten every day. They are forced to beg in the streets, a multi-million rupee business [...]
Seventeen Australians Trapped in Xinjiang Labor Camps
Seventeen Australian residents are reportedly being detained in Xinjiang labor camps in the far western Chinese province. Over one [...]
Is Law the Best Weapon to Fight Trafficking?
Is law the best weapon to fight trafficking? Perhaps. For example, when important cases go to court, it can change large company [...]
Forced Marriage Statistics
Forced marriage is defined as one in which one or both spouses do not consent to the marriage and violence, threats or any other form [...]
Cambodian Villagers Sue U.S. and Thai Employers
Rural Cambodian villagers are suing four U.S. and Thai employers, claiming they were trafficked and forced to work in disturbing [...]
$1 Million Awarded to Child Workers of Utah Fundamentalist Sect
A judge has ordered a Utah contracting company to pay $1 million in unpaid wages to 104 children of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus [...]
Did the U.S. State Department Spare Oman?
In its desire to agree upon a nuclear pact with Iran, did the U.S. State Department spare Oman the human rights rebuke it deserved? [...]