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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 [...]

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, Asos implicated in forced labor, report finds

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 [...]

Forced child marriages written on a crumbled piece of paper with two rings next to it

“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 and whistle-blower on slavery at sea, now he’s facing deportation

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 [...]