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New report exposes Amazon’s links to Uyghur forced labor

Apple is not the only technology company facing up to allegations of Uyghur forced labor in its supply chain. According to a new report [...]

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New Study. How Do Big Events Really Fuel Sex Trafficking?

A new study sheds fresh light on the impact of large events on sex trafficking. The former perception that the Super Bowl is the [...]

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Why are indigenous communities in North America overrepresented in trafficking statistics?

Civil society in Mexico calls for more progress to address human trafficking

The migration route from Central America through Mexico and into the U.S. can be fraught with danger for people on the move. Some end [...]

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Slave Trade Booming, Earns $150B Annually

The slave trade atrocity of indentured servitude is the fastest-growing crime in the world. Many hope that a new law passed by [...]

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Seafood Industry Human Rights Abuses

Atrocious seafood industry human rights abuses were exposed in a string of Pulitzer Prize-winning news articles in the past year...

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Across America 84 Children Rescued, 120 Human Traffickers Arrested

NBC reports that the FBI’s Operation Cross Country XI has but one single goal: eliminate pimps who operate human trafficking [...]

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Long Island Catering Hall Owner Pleads Guilty

A former owner of a catering hall in Long Island has pleaded guilty to forced labor as he recruited staff from the Philippines and [...]

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New California Laws Engage Hotel, Transit Workers

Two new laws in California will require workers in the hotel and transit industries to undergo training to identify potential victims [...]

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Trump Sends Deportees to “Land Where Slavery Lives On”

Issa Sao spent five months being moved around different detention centers. He hoped that the United States would not send him back to a [...]

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US Bans Seasonal Work Visas for the Philippines

The United States Department of Homeland Security has announced that it will no longer give citizens of the Philippines temporary visas [...]

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Church Leader Charged for Trafficking Parishioners

The founder of a Pennsylvania ministry has been convicted by a federal jury in Chicago on single counts of wire fraud and labor [...]

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Church of Scientology Sued for Human Trafficking

A former member of the Church of Scientology is suing the Church and its leader, David Miscavige, alleging retaliation, child abuse, [...]

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Democrats Demand Records from For-Profit Companies Detaining Migrants

Democrats from the US House Oversight and Reform Committee are demanding an accounting of hundred of millions of dollars in government [...]

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Chinese company making Costco baby pajamas flagged for forced labor

At the beginning of October US Customs and Border Protection made the bold move in blocking imports from five countries that were [...]

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‘Zone Rouge’: Army of children toil in Madagascar’s mica mines

Climbing through pitch-dark tunnels, children in Madagascar are mining mica, an iridescent mineral that will soon find its way into the [...]

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Migrants allegedly forced to clean coronavirus-hit detention facility in U.S.

Migrants and asylum seekers at an immigration detention facility in Arizona severely affected by COVID-19 have claimed that they were [...]

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Survivor advocate, Naila Amin, brings end to child marriage in New York

Survivor advocate, Naila Amin, brings end to child marriage in New York

Last month, New York became the sixth state in the U.S. to ban child marriage, raising the legal age of marriage to 18 with no [...]

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