This week, a U.K. high court judge rejected requests from three Sudanese victims of trafficking and torture, who had been threatened [...]
Source: The Guardian
Number of trafficking victims detained in prison-like settings triples
A new report exposes damning evidence: the U.K. government is locking up trafficking victims with the number tripling in the last four [...]
U.K. police report victims of sexual exploitation to immigration
Documents from the U.K. Home Office show that between 2020 and 2022, police reported 2,546 women and children to immigration [...]
New investigation says FIFA failed migrant workers in Qatar
A new investigation by Amnesty International has concluded that FIFA failed migrant workers in Qatar during the 2022 World Cup and [...]
The E.U. CSDDD – What is left after compromise?
After extensive negotiations and a near-failure to be passed, the European Council Committee of Permanent Representatives (COREPER) and [...]
U.S. at critical juncture as child labor violations continue to rise
Child labor violations across the U.S. are rising as lawmakers have been rolling back state child labor protections. The U.S. is at a [...]
US labor groups sue to block “wasteful” international program cuts
The Solidarity Center, Global March Against Child Labour, and the American Institutes for Research are filing a lawsuit against the US [...]
Brothers Homeless Waiting to Testify Against Traffickers
Two brothers from Lithuania were at first relieved that their nightmare of forced labor had ended. But after they were freed, Eugaras [...]
New Zealand’s First Human Trafficking Conviction
New Zealand's first human trafficking conviction was of a Fijian man.
Is Prime Minister May Truly an Anti-Slavery Crusader?
This article in The Guardian, takes a look at British Prime Minister Theresa May and her renewed campaign against slavery in her [...]
The Sikhs Secretly Abused in Italy
Singh walked into a police station knowing the risks of what he was about to do. But as he explained, “I am a Sikh. And when a [...]
Why Do For-Profit US Prisons Subject Detainees to Forced Labor?
Last year officials at the Stewart immigration detention center put Shoaib Ahmed, a 24-year-old immigrant from Bangladesh, in solitary [...]
Kenyan Domestic Worker Assaulted by Mob in Lebanon Faces Deportation
Two Kenyan domestic workers were assaulted in a mob attack caught on video in broad daylight in Lebanon. The footage shows a man in the [...]
Apple Factory Forced Chinese Students to Work ‘Like Robots’
Apple says it is investigating one of its supplier factories in southwest China now that it has emerged that Chinese students were [...]
My Boyfriend Sold One of My Kidneys – Then He Sold Me
Each day, some 100,000 people cross the border between Nepal and India, some on on foot, others in trucks or on bikes, mopeds and [...]
Home Office Scraps ‘Nonsensical’ 45-Day-Limit on Victim Support
The UK Home Office has officially scrapped its ‘nonsensical’ policy of limiting victims of modern slavery to 45-days of [...]
‘They see us as slaves’: Kenyan women head for the Gulf despite fears
In a busy recruitment agency in Nairobi, women line the halls in hope of securing a job as a domestic worker in the Gulf. It [...]
Modern slavery lurks behind cheap nail bars
A recent police raid on a London nail bar salon suspected of trapping migrant workers in modern slavery resulted in three arrests on [...]
U.K. failing to support thousands of potential trafficking victims
A new study has revealed that thousands of potential trafficking victims in the U.K. are not referred for vital services—despite [...]
Young girl forced into marriage failed by authorities
Authorities in Pakistan are coming under fire for failing to act after a 12-year-old girl was reportedly abducted, chained up for six [...]
U.K. accused of subjecting survivors to long periods of solitary confinement
Trigger warning: this story includes references to self-harm and suicide. The Home Office, the interior ministry of the U.K. [...]
Australian senate passes forced labor bill
The Australian senate has passed a bill introduced by independent senator Rex Patrick banning the import of goods made with forced [...]
“Unacceptable” welfare conditions for foreign workers on U.K. farms
A government review has found that seasonal workers who had come to the U.K. to harvest fruit and vegetables on a post-Brexit pilot [...]
Modern slavery on the rise in U.K. care sector
Amid a significant labor shortage, the U.K.’s care sector is currently facing a surge in cases of labor exploitation and debt bondage, [...]
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