A UK company, Aegis Defence Services, might have hired former child soldiers from Sierra Leona to work in Iraq in order to save money, [...]
Source: The Guardian
Electronics and Slavery in Malaysia Casts Shadow
Electronics in Malaysia involves forced labor and sends a dark shadow over the industry.
Queen Supports Replicating Modern Slavery Act across Commonwealth
The Queen has asked lawmakers to replicate the 2015 Modern Slavery Act in the 52 Commonwealth nations. The Guardian reports: [...]
UK’s Nail Bars: Do Cheap Prices Mean Exploitation?
With the news that two people were recently arrested in the UK for trafficking Vietnamese girls to work in a nail salon, many are [...]
Mother Jailed in First-Ever Conviction for Forced Marriage in England
A woman in Birmingham has been jailed for four and a half years for forcing her 17-year-old daughter to travel to Pakistan and wed a [...]
Modern Slavery Costs UK up to £4.3 Billion a Year
The UK Home Office published a new report this week that estimates that modern slavery costs the country up to £4.3 billion a year. [...]
Peru Ex-Chief Arrested for Selling Poor Women’s Babies
A former police chief in Peru, Raul Becerra, and his partner, Cintia Tello, were arrested on Tuesday for their role in a baby [...]
Yazidis Fleeing ISIS Start Over in Female-Only Commune
Berivan and her mother were kidnapped by ISIS in 2014 back in their homeland of Sinjar in Iraq. But today, they’re part of a [...]
More than 500 Trafficking Victims Locked Up in UK
A new report out of the UK has uncovered a massive government failing: the Home Office locked up 507 victims of human trafficking in [...]
Exploitation of frail Indigenous artists is modern-day slavery
Unscrupulous art dealers in Australia are exploiting frail Indigenous artists by trapping them in debt bondage according to the [...]
Debt bondage and child labor thrive in Pakistan’s coal mines
Pakistan’s coal mines in Balochistan province are home to one of the world’s most hazardous and exploitative work environments. Modern [...]
Vietnam seeks to secure E.U. trade deal by welcoming scrutiny of its prisons
In an effort to repair its poor international human rights reputation, Vietnam is welcoming international journalists and officials to [...]
E.U. moves to hold companies accountable for human rights and environmental abuses
An overwhelming majority of MEPs this week voted to progress with proposed legislation that will require companies to conduct due [...]
Supermarket giant admits to forced labor in its supply chain
A new report by the NGOs Somo and Arisa investigating 29 spinning mills in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu has found several [...]
Climate crisis puts ‘millions at risk of trafficking and slavery’
The climate crisis is causing severe droughts, megafires, and floods across the world, forcing rural workers to migrate to urban [...]
Portugal: How foreign berry pickers become trapped in exploitative jobs
Sagar picks berries for 16 hours a day in over 100℉ heat for less than the legal minimum wage on a farm in Odemira, a rural region of [...]
People incarcerated in the US produce $11 billion worth of goods a year but can’t afford a bar of soap
Passed by the U.S. Congress on January 31, 1865, the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution abolished slavery. But, due to an exception [...]
Has the World Cup led to lasting improvements for migrant workers in Qatar?
In three weeks the World Cup begins in Qatar, the world’s largest sporting event that has been mired in controversy surrounding the [...]
Delhi Children Create their own Newspaper
Delhi children now have a newspaper of their own.“We get pushed around and treated like garbage, because there is no one to speak for [...]
India Currency Note Ban Marks Drop in Sex Trafficking
India currency note ban is causing a drop in sex trafficking.
Brazil Backtracks on Anti-Slavery Policies
The government of Brazil is being criticized after the Ministry of Labor abruptly redefined what it considers to be “slave-like [...]
Home Office Under Fire for Deporting Trafficked Vietnamese Orphan
The UK Home Office has come under intense fire after its decision to send a child victim of human trafficking back to Vietnam, where he [...]
Thousands of Hotline Calls Reveal Extent of Forced Marriage in UK
Police received more than 3,500 reports of forced marriage between 2014 and 2016. One charity running a national hotline [...]
Unseen, BT Set to Launch Modern Slavery Reporting App
Unseen, the nonprofit behind the UK’s modern slavery hotline, is preparing to launch a new app that both teaches users on [...]