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Ukraine Trafficking Crisis, Sex and Lies

Ukraine's trafficking crisis is a messy combination of lies and sex...

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Traffickers Benefit from Migration Crisis

Traffickers benefit from Europe's migration crisis. In the midst of the turmoil, criminal gangs are forcing more and more people into [...]

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Civil Servant Kept African Worker in Domestic Servitude

A civil servant and her husband kept a Nigerian worker in domestic servitude in their home for years. “Rashida Ajayi said she had [...]

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Children Recovering from Domestic Slavery in Zanzibar

Rose labored as a child domestic worker from sunrise to sundown, unpaid and physically abused for months while working for a wealthy [...]

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“I was Bought for 50,000 Rupees”: India’s Trafficked Brides

Tahmina was just 13 when her own sister sold her into marriage with a man 30 years her senior. The pricetag? 50,000 rupees (£557). [...]

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The ‘Double Burden’ of Rampant Child Labor in the Tobacco Industry

Cigarettes sold in the US, Europe, and other parts of the world likely contain tobacco that was produced through child labor according [...]

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Paraguay’s Exports Linked to Indigenous Slave Labor

The Chaco region of Paraguay covers more than half of the country’s land. As an environment resistant to drought and excessive [...]

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Asylum Seeker Sues UK for Funding Libyan Detention Centers

An Ethiopian teenager is suing the UK government over its support for Libyan detention centers, where he says he was subjected to [...]

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Italy Begins First-Ever Trial for Labor Trafficking

Five Romanian men will show up in court in Sicily this week for what will be Italy’s first-ever trial for labor trafficking. All [...]

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California bans private prisons – including ICE detention centers

California has taken a bold step in taking the profit motive out of incarceration as lawmakers passed a bill to ban private prison [...]

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The power of music: London choir helps trafficked women in UK

London female singing group Amies Freedom Choir are all survivors of modern slavery, trafficked into the UK from the Caribbean, Africa, [...]

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How Samoan chief enslaved and abused for 25 years in New Zealand

Joseph Auga Matamata was known in his home village of Faleapuna, Samoa, as a loving matai (chief) who was active in the local church [...]

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U.K. still importing medical gloves from firm accused of forced labor

An investigation by The Guardian published this week has revealed that the U.K. government is continuing to source personal protective [...]

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Melbourne domestic servitude case ends in jail time for couple

Melbourne domestic servitude case ends in jail time for couple

A Melbourne couple who kept a Tamil woman from India in domestic servitude for eight years have both been handed prison sentences this [...]

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Home Office refuses to release study about why people seeking asylum come to the U.K.

The U.K.’s interior ministry is refusing to release research into the factors which encourage people to migrate to the United [...]

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Landmark forced marriage & sexual violence bill passes in Indonesia

On Tuesday, Indonesia finally passed a long-awaited sexual violence bill that finally outlaws forced marriage in the country, [...]

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U.K. anti-slavery tsar post remains unfilled

The U.K. Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner’s post has been vacant for four months sparking concerns that the Home Office is [...]

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“Sham” forced labor investigation into Tesco supplier

Police in Thailand have been accused of conducting a sham investigation into forced labor allegations raised by workers at VK Garment [...]

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Organ harvesting speak free

More organ trafficking victims come forward in U.K.

More victims of organ trafficking in the U.K. are coming forward following the first organ trafficking conviction under modern slavery [...]

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Marriages from Hell, Cambodia to China

Marriages from hell await some Cambodian women. China's one-child law along with their preference for male children has made it [...]

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Afghan Child Soldiers Too Young for War

The number of Afghan child soldiers is rising although the government has promised to do away with minor recruits...

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Law Passed in Qatar Protects Domestic Workers’ Rights

Qatar approved a new law on Tuesday that limits the number of hours domestic workers can put in each day.  This was the first to [...]

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Australian Supply Chains and Modern Slavery

Australia is in the midst of creating legislation that would combat modern slavery, but the terms are proving to be contentious. A [...]

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