A new report from Amnesty International criticizes Qatar, the host of the 2022 World Cup, for continuing to exploit migrant workers [...]
Source: The Guardian
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, 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 [...]
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 [...]
UK Police Rescue 9 Victims from British Trawlers
UK police have rescued nine victims of forced labor who were working on British scallop trawlers. The nine men are from Ghana, Sri [...]
Parliament Watchdog: Home Office has No Way of Monitoring Success
The UK Home Office has no way of measuring or monitoring its success in combatting modern slavery according to a new report from a [...]
Ireland Downgraded to Tier 2 as US Cites Abuses in Irish Fishing
Ireland has been downgraded to Tier 2 in the latest Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report released by the US State Department. The US TIP [...]
Detained Surrogate: ‘I Will Not Give Them the Baby’
Thirty-three Cambodian surrogates were arrested back in June during a raid on an illegal surrogacy ring. In the aftermath, a Chinese [...]
Report Exposes Abuses of Home-Based Garment Workers
Home-based women and girls working in India’s garment sector are earning as little as 11p (15 cents) an hour to supply clothing [...]
Trafficking Convictions in Landmark UK Drug Ferrying Case
Three gang members have been convicted of human trafficking in a major ‘county lines’ case that saw them force six [...]