Was your seafood caught with forced labor? That’s the big question for U.S. retailers and seafood importers, and a new database [...]
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Appeals Court: Prison Forced Labor Covers 60,000 Detainees
A federal appeals court in Colorado has ruled that a lawsuit brought by nine immigrant detainees alleging forced labor in a detention [...]
African Migrants Bought and Sold Across Libya’s Prisons
When Mohammed slaved away on his owner’s tomato field in Libya, he would often remember the days he was free. From Niger, [...]
Hospitals Gear Up For New Diagnosis: Human Trafficking
When a woman arrived at the emergency department at Huntington Hospital on New York’s Long Island after being hit by her [...]
How Hurricane Katrina recovery workers became trapped in forced labor
Squalid work camps, 24-hour shifts, heavy surveillance, and withheld wages: these were the conditions that 500 Indian workers became [...]
Pope’s Words Emphasize Human Rights
When it comes to global health and development, the pontiff made it plain as day: We are all to blame for earth's problems.
Seasonal Marriage Law Debated
Have you ever heard of a law called "seasonal marriage"? Such a law actually exists in Egypt. And the government is aiming to help [...]
San Antonio Trailer Tragedy: What It Says About Human Trafficking
The deaths last week of 10 people in the back of a hot tractor-trailer in San Antonio spotlights the dangers that illegal immigrants [...]