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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 [...]

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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 [...]

Freedom United & 350+ organizations demand end to loophole that allows domestic servitude

This week, Freedom United joined over 350 organizations in the U.K. demanding the government close a legal loophole that leaves the [...]

Family of former UK Prime Minister make historic apology for slavery

As Guyana commemorates the 200th anniversary of a rebellion by enslaved people that historians say paved the way for abolition, the [...]

European cocaine gangs using forced labor to exploit children

A recent investigation by The Guardian found the continent’s £10bn appetite for cocaine has led to forced child labor on an equally [...]

Exploitation as usual for migrant caregivers in the U.K.

A new report uncovered that although found in violation of labor laws, almost 200 U.K. care providers still had their license to [...]

“Deeply broken”: How the UK is failing modern slavery survivors

Eleanor Lyons, the independent anti-slavery commissioner, has valid reasons to declare the UK’s modern slavery support system “deeply [...]

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 [...]

UK Served £1m Bill for Shortchanging Victims

A high court judge has ruled the the UK Home Office unlawfully slashed aid for victims of trafficking. The ruling has tremendous [...]

Europe Passing the Buck on Abused Vietnamese Kids

Vietnamese children who are trafficked from Vietnam to the UK are being abused as they transit through Europe. And according to a new [...]

The Young Girls Enslaved in Bangladesh’s Brothels

Thousands of underage girls have been sold by traffickers into brothels in Bangladesh according to new reporting from The Guardian. [...]

Big business pushes to abandon New South Wales anti-slavery act

It’s the strongest anti-slavery legislation in the world, and the first state law that would mandate penalties for companies that [...]

Nepalese migrant work ban leaves women trapped in exploitation

The sponsorship system of employment present in all, but not only, Gulf countries, grants employers control over employees that leave [...]

U.N. report shows migrant workers in Qatar still suffer under kafala

A new report by the U.N., due to be presented at the U.N. Human Rights Council this week, found that migrant workers in Qatar are [...]

Independent legal review finds China in full breach of Genocide Convention

Washington, D.C. non-partisan think tank, Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy, this week published an in-depth report [...]

Qatar’s migrant workers still exploited despite labor reforms

Qatar once again made the headlines for exploitative working conditions for migrants. This week, the Guardian investigated the [...]