Campaigners and charities in the U.K. have signed an open letter urging the government to criminalize child marriage and remove a legal [...]
Source: The Guardian
As disposable glove costs skyrocket, so do risks of forced labor
Before the pandemic, a two-year contract for the supply of gloves for the U.K.’s National Health Service (NHS) cost about £300m [...]
Millions of children in orphanages at risk of exploitation & trafficking
A new report has exposed how institution-related child trafficking around the world persists. An estimated 5.4 million children are [...]
Workforce shift could worsen exploitation on Australian farms
An overhaul of the Australian visa system is leading to major changes in the country’s agricultural workforce. With a steady decline of [...]
50 million reportedly in modern slavery
This week the International Labour Organization (ILO), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Walk Free released their [...]
Charities flag risk of re-trafficking for survivors in the U.K.
Charities contracted by the U.K. government to provide support to potential victims of modern slavery have warned that the system [...]
Alarming rise in modern slavery reports in U.K. care sector
New data reveals the number of potential modern slavery victims in the U.K. care sector reached a record high last year with an [...]
Armani, Calvin Klein and other big brands implicated in forced labor
Leading fashion brands, including Barbour and PVH (Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger owner), have pledged over $400,000 to compensate [...]
“Marriage competition” for 14-year-old South Sudanese girl
Recent data on South Sudan shows that 52% of girls are married before their 18th birthday, with some as young as 12 years old. Despite [...]
He’s a survivor of slavery at sea, now he’s facing deportation
Vishal Sharma is an experienced merchant seaman who became trapped in modern slavery. Now, despite testifying in court and appearing in [...]
Nestlé Says Slave Labour a Risk
Nestlé and Jacobs Douwe Egberts admit that beans from Brazilian plantations which use slave labor be in their coffee. They are two of [...]
Modern Day Slavery in UK Increasing
Are efforts to stop modern slavery in the UK failing? In the last five years, the number of victims that land in Britain seem to be [...]
Australia Pushed to Ban Orphanage Tourism
The Guardian reports that Australia is being encouraged to ban orphanage tourism. In Cambodia alone, it is estimated that 80% of [...]
UK Police Rescue 9 Victims from British Trawlers
UK police have rescued nine victims of forced labor who were working on British scallop trawlers. The nine men are from Ghana, Sri [...]
Parliament Watchdog: Home Office has No Way of Monitoring Success
The UK Home Office has no way of measuring or monitoring its success in combatting modern slavery according to a new report from a [...]
Ireland Downgraded to Tier 2 as US Cites Abuses in Irish Fishing
Ireland has been downgraded to Tier 2 in the latest Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report released by the US State Department. The US TIP [...]
Detained Surrogate: ‘I Will Not Give Them the Baby’
Thirty-three Cambodian surrogates were arrested back in June during a raid on an illegal surrogacy ring. In the aftermath, a Chinese [...]
Report Exposes Abuses of Home-Based Garment Workers
Home-based women and girls working in India’s garment sector are earning as little as 11p (15 cents) an hour to supply clothing [...]
Trafficking Convictions in Landmark UK Drug Ferrying Case
Three gang members have been convicted of human trafficking in a major ‘county lines’ case that saw them force six [...]
#HelpingNotHelping: JK Rowling urges students not to volunteer at orphanages
JK Rowling is calling of students to stop volunteering at orphanages based on the clear evidence that “orphanage tourism” [...]
Peak in exploitation: youth services vacuum filled by drug gangs
Levels of child exploitation have peaked in the UK, resembling similar conditions to the Victorian era. A lack of youth facilities and [...]
Refugee victims of modern slavery struggling to cope during pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic is devastating already vulnerable refugees and internally displaced people around the world, a new study [...]
Pope Francis: Uyghurs are a “persecuted” people
In the latest high-profile recognition of the events taking place in the Uyghur Region, the Pope has acknowledged for the first time [...]
Tighter U.K. border controls only fuel exploitation
The Guardian reports that border crossings to the U.K. are not deterred by stricter border security or closed borders. To the contrary, [...]
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