Legislation requiring large companies to publish evidence online is designed to force them to take responsibility for working [...]
Source: The Guardian
UN Children’s Fund: Disturbing Figures
The UN Children's Fund released figures this week that indicate nearly a forth of all school children in the world are living in [...]
Close loopholes that allow forced child marriage in the UK
Four co-chairs of Girls Not Brides UK call for action to stop forced marriage. In a statement published in The Guardian, Naana [...]
Exploited Fruit Pickers in Victoria ‘Brainwashed’
An undercover Malaysian journalist has uncovered abuses of migrant workers working on fruit farms in Victoria, Australia. Saiful Hasam, [...]
The Foreign Diplomats Who Enslave Domestic Workers
The Salvation Army Freedom Partnership says exploited domestic workers hired by foreign diplomats in Australia face “unparalleled [...]
In a First, 19-Year-Old British Man Granted Protection from Forced Marriage
In a remarkable first, a 19-year-old British man in South Yorkshire has been granted a police safeguarding order to protect him from [...]
Will Nigeria Act to Protect Domestic Workers?
Domestic work is not regulated by law in many parts of the world, leaving workers vulnerable to exploitation, violence, and even forced [...]
The Team Rescuing Children Aboard India’s Railways
Half a million passengers pass through the Old Delhi railway station every day. This includes children who are being trafficked, [...]
Frustration as Judge OKs £1/hr Wages for Immigrant Detainees
A high court judge in the UK has ruled that it is legal for those held in immigration detention centers to be paid only one pound per [...]
Detained at Heathrow, Trafficking Victim who Miscarried Receives £50k
She arrived at Heathrow airport in July 2016 when she started bleeding and suffering immense pain. She was eight weeks pregnant, the [...]
Know the warning signs: child victims of drug gangs need support
At just fifteen years old, Josh* was caught with cannabis and pockets full of cash. The police escorted him home but no referrals were [...]
New Zealand-based Samoan chief found guilty of human trafficking and slavery
Joseph Auga Matamata, a Samoan chief in New Zealand, was found guilty at the High Court in Napier of 13 counts of slavery and 10 counts [...]
Freedom United signs petition urging U.S. to ban goods made with forced Uyghur labor
In a petition submitted last week to customs officials, Freedom United joined other civil society groups in urging the U.S. to ban the [...]
Sex Trafficking is Big Business in the U.S.
Sex trafficking is big business in the U.S.; annually, in Denver it nets $39.9 million; and in Atlanta, $290 million according to [...]
Disturbing Increase in Trafficked Children
A disturbing increase in trafficked children used for both labor and sexual exploitation increased last year by 46%. The National [...]
Lebanon Repeals Law that Allowed Rapists to Marry Victim
A number of Arab states have recently done away with a low that allowed rapists to get off with no punishment if they simply married [...]
227 Migrants Found in Forced Labor in Sicily
Eight arrests have been made and legal proceedings launched against 33 farming companies in Sicily after police raids found over 220 [...]
Major UK Ruling on Immigration Status of Trafficking Survivors
A Ghanaian man who was trafficked to the UK and spent years trapped in modern slavery has won a significant victory in the court of [...]
Illegal ‘Rent a Womb’ Child Surrogacy Ring Broken Up in Cambodia
Thirty-three pregnant Cambodian women who were carrying babies for Chinese clients have been discovered in a police raid in Phnom Penh, [...]
The Dark Secret of Thailand’s Child Brides
Underage Thai girls in Thailand’s southern border provinces are often forced into marrying older Malaysian men. But Thai [...]
UK Locks Up, Denies Medical Care to Trafficked Chinese Women
A large number of trafficked Chinese women have been detained by the UK and are under the threat of deportation, denied interpreters [...]
UK Rules 45-Day Support for Victims is Unlawful
The UK Home Office’s policy of providing victims of modern slavery with merely 45 days of support has been ruled potentially [...]
Girl Soldiers of South Sudan and the Trauma of Sexual Violence
A reintegration program in South Sudan has helped some 360 girls who were formerly enslaved as child soldiers. But the trauma of sexual [...]
Refugees and asylum seekers denied food by UN agency in Libya
Refugees and asylum seekers sheltering in a center run by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Libya’s capital are reportedly being starved [...]
Nigerian child domestic slavery exposed in new novel
The widespread issue of domestic slavery in Nigeria is brought to light in Abi Daré’s debut novel The Girl with the Louding Voice, [...]
Children as young as 10 at risk of forced marriage in Somalia
A new bill tabled in Somalia last month would allow children to marry once they have reached puberty which could leave children as [...]
Nestle Admits Slavery in Supply Chain
Nestle admits slavery in its supply chain, specifically in the Thai seafood industry...
Child Marriage Issue in Nepal
Child marriage issue in Nepal. Sajita Tamang was only 14 when she was pushed into marriage. But she claims it had nothing to do with love...
UK’s Modern Slavery Hotline Calls Doubled in a Week
According to the National Crime Agency, human trafficking and modern day slavery in the UK is more prevalent than previously believed. [...]
2 Charged with Trafficking after 26 Nigerian Women Found Dead
Two men have been charged in Italy with human trafficking over 150 people after 26 Nigerian women were found dead while attempting to [...]
More than 1 in 10 Politicians in Brazil Funded by Companies ‘Linked to Slavery’
More than one in 10 of Brazil’s top ranking politicians — including President Michel Temer — has received a campaign [...]
Sudanese Teen Noura Saved from Death Penalty for Killing Rapist Husband
Noura Hussein has been spared from the death penalty and found not guilty of premeditated murder by an appeals court in Sudan. However, [...]
‘Slave Labor’ Pay for Immigration Detainees Backed by Home Office
A legal challenge has revealed that UK Home Office ministers overruled their own officials who lobbied for immigration detainees to be [...]
Hundreds of Trafficked Kids ‘Lost’ by Authorities
A quarter of trafficked children who were under the care of local authorities in the UK have gone missing according to new research [...]
€20m EU Scheme in Eritrea Finances Forced Labor
Eritreans living in exile in Europe are charging the European Union with financing forced labor in Eritrea, filing legal proceedings to [...]
Ship of horrors: life and death on the high seas
Forced labor, appalling living conditions, sexual assault, bullying. Working on the high seas is a harsh occupation, but one fleet of [...]
Forced labor and dangerous work environments lead to misery in Qatar
Creating a world spectacle doesn’t happen overnight. It takes several years, a lot of money, and the efforts of many thousands of [...]
Refugees subjected to forced labor in Libya now threatened by coronavirus
Refugees and migrants across Libya, including many survivors of modern slavery, are fearing for their future amid disruptions to aid, [...]
Beirut’s domestic workers struggling to survive in aftermath of explosion
As the coronavirus pandemic exacerbated an existing economic crisis in Lebanon, its many migrant domestic workers already bore the [...]
Ukraine Trafficking Crisis, Sex and Lies
Ukraine's trafficking crisis is a messy combination of lies and sex...
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
“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). [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]