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Turkish Children Forced to Work in Hazelnut Harvest

Turkey pledged to end child labor by 2015, but some two million children may still be forced to work in the country’s agriculture [...]

London Metal Exchange to Ban Metal Tainted by Child Labor

The London Metal Exchange (LME) announced that it may ban or delist companies that are tainted by dangerous child labor or corruption [...]

Diplomatic Immunity Will No Longer Shield Slave-Owners

In a major legal breakthrough, a UK tribunal has ruled that a Saudi diplomat cannot claim diplomatic immunity in a case where he is [...]

Rescued from sex trafficking, yet red tape traps Bangladeshi girls in India

“How long can I wait?”, said Priya. “Maybe I won’t go now even if they ask me to.” Priya (not her real [...]

Qatar takes further steps to abolish kafala system

From today, Qatar is reportedly set to remove the requirement of exit visas for the majority of migrant workers in the country with [...]

New reports show insufficient progress against forced labor in Thailand

Activists and campaigners have called for Thailand to be downgraded in the U.S. State Department’s annual Trafficking in Persons Report [...]

Brazilian anti-slavery blacklist fails to prevent firms winning state contracts

Brazil’s slave labor “dirty list,” which lists companies found by inspectors to have used slave labor, has been called one of the [...]

Australian government publishes first modern slavery statement

This week, the Australian government published its first modern slavery statement, which highlighted that the construction and textile [...]

UK rules on goods from China’s Xinjiang seen as soft on business

Thailand’s increasingly repressive policies are hindering the fight against trafficking

Last June, the U.S. State Department’s Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report downgraded Thailand to its Tier 2 Watch List in response [...]

Slavery and Environment Links–Book

NEW YORK, Jan 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Human slavery and environmental destruction go hand in hand, a complex but [...]

Use Cell Phones to Report Human Trafficking

Use cell phones to report child labor, delayed wages, and trafficking.

India’s Garment Workers Seek Millions in Compensation

Thousands of workers in India’s textile industry are asking for millions of dollars in compensation, since a court agreed they [...]

The Photographer Who is Helping to End Modern Slavery

At the Thomson Reuters Anti-Slavery Summit last month, visitors were captivated by the images of Lisa Kristine. In this article, [...]

Girl from Assam Sold by Father for $7

Agents and sometimes even families drive into the tea gardens, pick any child and go. It’s become an accepted norm. [...]

How One Family Became Sex Traffickers

For nearly eight years, Mario Garfias, his younger brother Enrique, and their mother Esperanza trafficked young women for sexual [...]

Indian Textile Worker Death Raises Red Flags

A 21-year-old woman working at a textile factory in south India has passed away, renewing concerns about the working conditions for the [...]

Will Hong Kong Jail “Dishonest” Recruiters?

Unscrupulous recruiters in Hong Kong may face larger fines and a new punishment of three years behind bars for overcharging domestic [...]

Sex Trafficking Survivors: Support us to Achieve Justice

Survivors of sex trafficking are sharing their stories, demanding action and tougher laws to get them the justice they deserve. One [...]

The Commonwealth Summit: A Grand Stage for Theresa May

As leaders from the 53 countries in the Commonwealth gather in London this week, nearly 10 million children will be working as slaves. [...]

Victims Hope for Justice as Mexican Traffickers Extradited to US

After nearly twenty years, authorities have cracked a family-run international sex trafficking operation in Mexico that saw Mexican [...]

Church Asks Britons to Use App to Clean Up Car Wash Slavery

The Church of England and the Catholic Church are urging drivers across Britain to use a new, free mobile-phone app to report suspected [...]

Campaigner: Underage Brides are Victims of Child Labor

A legal expert says that the International Labour Organization should recognize child brides as victims of child labor as they often [...]

UK Ramps Up Deportation of Child Trafficking Victims to Vietnam, Eritrea, Afghanistan

Britain is ramping up deportations of former child trafficking victims to countries such as Vietnam, Eritrea, and Afghanistan and has [...]