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Apple’s ‘Find My iPhone’ App Helps Save Girl from Forced Marriage

A teenage girl taken to Bangladesh used her ‘Find My iPhone’ app to alert her secret boyfriend back in the UK that she was [...]

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How poverty and cultural norms drive child marriage in Mozambique

The drivers of child marriage in Mozambique

Child marriage continues to shatter the lives of millions of girls globally, with over 12 million underage marriages occurring each [...]

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Thai Court Dismisses Criminal Defamation Charges Against Andy Hall

A Thai appeals court has quashed criminal defamation charges against activist Andy Hall, who was sued by fruit packaging [...]

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Italy releases Libyan war crimes suspect

“A stunning blow to victims, survivors and international justice”: Italy releases Libyan war crimes suspect

The chief of Libya’s judicial police, Osama Almasri Najim, who has been accused of heinous crimes against migrants in Libyan detention [...]

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Russia Hiring North Korean ‘Slave’ Workers Despite UN Sanctions

Russia has been issuing work permits to North Korean workers despite UN sanctions against the practice. The UN sanctions are designed [...]

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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 [...]

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Police: Traditional Turkish Barber Shops Using Slave Labor

The police officer behind the UK’s first prosecution for child modern slavery is warning that some traditional Turkish barber [...]

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Airbnb, Uber Urged to Act on Child Drug Mules

A minister in the UK is calling on Airbnb and Uber to take action to identify children who are being forced to carry drugs across the [...]

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Where 18% of the Country is Enslaved

An estimated 600,000 people — nearly 18% of the country’s population — are thought to be enslaved in Mauritania according [...]

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NHS, High Street Condoms Linked to Malaysia Abuses

A condom factory in Malaysia that has supplied the National Health Service and major brands Tesco, Boots, and Superdrug is coming under [...]

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Kids Trafficked to Congo Orphanage, Adopted in Belgium

Belgian prosecutors are asking for DNA samples from 15 families in a bid to track down the biological families of trafficked adopted [...]

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Fashion giants finally cotton on to plight of the Uighurs

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Greater risk of sex trafficking in pandemic New York

New York has seen a spike in sex trafficking cases during the worst of the pandemic. “It’s the deadly combination of people losing [...]

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Diplomats holding domestic workers in servitude across U.K.’s capital

A recent investigation by the Telegraph has uncovered how diplomats from the Middle East and Southeast Asia are subjecting domestic [...]

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Over half of child trafficking victims recruited by family and friends

A new report by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Harvard University has uncovered how more than half of child [...]

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The rise of the ‘scamdemic’: emerging human trafficking patterns in Southeast Asia

The trafficking landscape in Southeast Asia has changed. The Telegraph reports on what they call a ‘scamdemic’ where men and boys are [...]

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British Activist Faces Jail Threat

Andy Hall is a prominent British activist who is on trial in Thailand. He faces charges that could send him to jail for up to seven years...

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Is the U.K. solar industry powered by Uyghur forced labor?

As the United Kingdom prepares to embark on an ambitious expansion of its solar energy infrastructure called the Solar Stewardship [...]

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Indian Boys Trafficked to France for “Rugby Camp”

Indian police have arrested three men for running a trafficking ring that transported twenty five Indian boys to France by luring them [...]

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Trading truth for views: influencers are cashing in on Uyghur propaganda

The Uyghur region of China is home to the Uyghur people, one of China’s many ethnic minorities. It is also the site of hundreds of [...]

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Recovering Child Brides: “Being Rejected by Your Parents Worse Than Torture”

Two teenage sisters sold off as child brides in Kashmir to men more than three times their age last December are struggling to reclaim [...]

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The billion-dollar industry built on exploitation, a real champagne problem

The champagne industry is a billion-dollar enterprise, yet much of its wealth is built on the backs of exploited workers. Last year, [...]

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