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Lebanon’s financial crisis makes domestic workers more vulnerable to exploitation

Migrant domestic workers trafficked and abused in Oman

A new report has exposed how women from Sierra Leone have been trafficked into domestic work in Oman and trapped in abusive private [...]

No Uyghur justice in the U.K.

Freedom United partner organization, the World Uyghur Congress (WUC), has disappointingly lost the legal challenge it brought against [...]

Refugee Ban Bill “morally unacceptable”

As the harmful Refugee Ban Bill progressed to the debate stage in the U.K.’s House of Lords this week, the archbishop of Canterbury [...]

NHS suppliers at “high risk” of modern slavery use

A review conducted by the U.K. Department of Health and Social Care found that over 20% of the 1,361 suppliers to the National Health [...]

The deadly effect of summer heat on migrant workers in Italy

It’s not surprising that we’re reporting on yet another form of labor exploitation in the city of Latina, Italy. Dalvir Singh, a [...]

The global decline of child marriage under threat

A 2023 UNICEF report revealed promising progress in the global fight against child marriage. The number of young women aged 20 to 24 [...]

Forced child marriage survivor speaks out about Iraq's new marriage law

Forced child marriage survivor condemns Iraq’s new marriage law

“I was a doll in the middle of songs and laughter—laughter that was not mine, words of celebration that did not belong to me”, Shams [...]

Court stops UK from removal of trafficking survivor

A high court judge has blocked the removal of an Eritrean trafficking survivor to France under the UK’s “one in, one out” scheme. The [...]

Migrant Abuse is a Primary Business Risk

Migrant abuse is a primary risk for businesses. However, a recent report indicates that companies may actually be unaware how their [...]

ICT Companies That Must Do More

ICT companies like Canon, Hitachi, Samsung are vulnerable to slavery in their supply chains. But a new report says many must do more to [...]

Retail Chain and Habitat Pull Line Due to Slavery Concerns

The Guardian, in a recent article, explained that a line of granite worktops have been pulled by John Lewis and Habitat due to concerns [...]

Inquiry: Australia Needs Anti-Slavery Watchdog

This week, an inquiry into modern slavery in Australia issued its final report, “Hidden in Plain Sight,” which outlines how [...]

Indonesian Woman ‘Kept as Virtual Slave’ in Brighton Returns Home

An Indonesian who was enslaved by a family in Brighton for nearly two decades has finally been able to return to Indonesia after being [...]

British Nurse Convicted Under UK Modern Slavery Act

A British nurse has been convicted under the UK Modern Slavery Act for trafficking five Nigerian women to Germany for forced sex work. [...]

Amnesty Slams Qatar for Failed Reforms

A new report from Amnesty International criticizes Qatar, the host of the 2022 World Cup, for continuing to exploit migrant workers [...]

Will Italy Deport Nigerian Sex Trafficking Victims?

Sicilian authorities have made arrests in a sex trafficking ring that saw at least 15 Nigerian girls forced into sex work in Italy. The [...]

Detained Migrants, Refugees in Libya Forced to Back Militias

“Tonight nobody will sleep because of fear,” said a refugee locked inside a migrant detention centre in southern Tripoli. “We can hear [...]

Qatar set to abolish ‘kafala’ system in January before 2022 World Cup

In a major development, Qatar is set to finally abolish its notorious “kafala” system in January according to an [...]

Fruit farm trafficker sentenced to 20 years

Romanian citizen Lucian Milea, 41, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for human trafficking by an Italian court. Milea ran a [...]

Young mothers in Nigeria pushed by human traffickers to sell babies

Nigeria’s national anti-trafficking agency has warned that young Nigerian women are being targeted by human traffickers who pressure [...]

Majority of foreign-born child victims of trafficking in the U.K. face threat of deportation

Data released last weekend on the U.K.’s Anti-Slavery Day has revealed that of almost 4700 confirmed foreign victims of trafficking [...]

Freedom United community powers open letter urging U.K. to ban child marriage

Campaigners and charities in the U.K. have signed an open letter urging the government to criminalize child marriage and remove a legal [...]

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 [...]