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Meatpackers in Brazil told to clean up supply chains over links to modern slavery

Labor experts have called for Brazilian meatpackers to clean up their supply chains after an investigation found six firms bought [...]

Goodyear facing scrutiny from U.S. Homeland Security over forced labor

American tire giant Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is once again in the hot seat for labor abuse allegations. This time, the stakes are [...]

Volkswagen dodges cake – and human rights obligations – at shareholder meeting

Volkswagen’s annual general meeting was disrupted by protestors demanding an end to Uyghur forced labor.

E.U. forced labor ban: a step forward or not enough?

The European Union Council and the European Parliament recently reached a tentative agreement to prohibit the importation of goods [...]

Arrest in Kosovo Organ Trafficking Case

An Israeli man has been arrested Cyprus in connection to an organ trafficking scandal in Kosovo dating back a decade. Police allege [...]

Human traffickers stand to benefit from closed borders, warns new U.N. rapporteur

The U.N.’s new Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery has warned that rising nationalism, border controls, and [...]

Survivors call to lead on policy-making

The first global alliance of survivors-turned-advocates have this week demanded countries enable survivors of modern slavery and human [...]

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Burkina Faso girls find refuge in education

According to Plan International UK, every three seconds, a child becomes a victim of marriage. Child marriage can sometimes amount to [...]

Volkswagen bends to pressure, will audit China plant

Volkswagen bends to pressure, will audit Uyghur Region plant

Volkswagen’s recent annual general meeting (AGM) sparked an interesting week in activism with online, in-house, and in-person [...]

Canada ombudsperson report exposes Dynasty Gold’s complicity in Uyghur forced labor

The Canada Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE) released its first final report this week after a complaint filed in 2022 [...]

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Blockchain to Track Child Labor in Cobalt Mines

Miners working at the Mutoshi concession in the Democratic Republic of Congo (December 2022). Courtesy of Dorothée Baumann-Pauly [...]

First economic crisis, now lockdown: the plight of Lebanon’s migrant workers

Across the world, coronavirus lockdowns have had the unintended consequence of raising the risk of domestic slavery. But for Lebanon’s [...]

Thailand bans prisons from using inmates to make fishing nets

North Korean prisons rife with forced labor

In a report this week, the U.N. Human Rights Office has drawn attention to the horrific conditions in North Korean prisons, finding [...]

U.K. companies shying away from disclosing modern slavery risks

Britain’s corporate governance regulator said this week that many companies are failing to spell out clearly whether they comply [...]

AI to help weed forced labor out of cotton

Legislation aimed at eliminating forced labor is rolling out around the world, forcing companies to start mapping their supply chains [...]

5-year forced labor sentence for criticizing the Ukraine war

In a recent ruling by the Moscow city courts service, a 39-year-old Russian man, Yuri Kokhovets, was sentenced to five years of forced [...]

Two Nigerian Immigration Officers Arrested for Trafficking

Nigeria has launched an investigation after two immigration officials were arrested on suspicion of trying to traffick girls out of the [...]

Bill to sanction Chinese government over XUAR passed in U.S. Congress

A bill calling on the U.S. administration to impose sanctions on China for its human rights violations in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous [...]

Tainted palm oil blocked by cautious buyers

U.S. action against palm oil tainted with forced labor has triggered a number of palm oil buyers to block Malaysian palm oil companies, [...]

Concerns over exclusion of Chinese solar giants from U.S. import ban list

A federal task force recently compiled a list of companies whose products could not be imported into the U.S. under new legislation [...]

Pressure on Shein increases as Attorneys General issue warning

Pressure on Shein increases as 16 Attorneys General issue warning

In a letter dispatched to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last week, Republican attorneys general from 16 U.S. states to [...]

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E.U. finally making progress against forced labor

It has been a big week for the European Union as the Members of the European Parliament voted on several important pieces of [...]