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U.K. forced marriage unit “not working well” says new report

According to a new report, the U.K.’s forced marriage unit is limited in its effectiveness in tackling forced marriage as a result of [...]

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Ghag forced marriage: a continued trauma

In northwest Pakistan, many women and girls are forced into marriages based on an outlawed custom named ghag, where a man can forcibly [...]

U.K.’s inadequate system may be returning victims to traffickers

Thousands of potential trafficking victims known to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM), the U.K.’s decision-making body on modern [...]

“The EU pays to erase migrants”: 600 Nigeriens deported to dangerous Sahara

Over 600 Nigeriens have been forcibly deported from Libya on a perilous journey through the Sahara desert, raising alarm over the risk [...]

Report exposes cuban cigars made by forced labor

Cuban cigars linked to forced prison labor

Incarcerated people in Cuba are being forced to make cigars and charcoal for export to Europe, according to a new report by the NGO, [...]

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Rights groups pressure airlines over deportation flights

Rights groups are sounding the alarm over UK–France cooperation on deportation flights, warning that the policy risks pushing asylum [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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

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

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]