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New York Makes Trafficking Survivors’ Addresses Private

New York has become the latest US state to allow survivors of human trafficking to make their addresses private. The move is intended [...]

The price of slavery-free seafood

A new study proves what we’ve always known – that producing goods without exploiting workers has a price. Changing a [...]

Payzee takes her call to end coerced child marriage to UK Parliament

In a powerful speech at the British Parliament on Wednesday, Payzee Mahmod shared her experience of child marriage and urged the [...]

Coronavirus leaves informal domestic workers at risk of exploitation

Across the globe, COVID –19 has impacted most of our lives and has caused a rise in unemployment. Domestic workers are being asked to [...]

U.S. food company fined for importing goods made with forced labor in China

In the first action of its kind in the United States, a food company has been fined after law enforcement officials judged it to have [...]

India’s caste-based “customary” labor considered form of slavery

Under India’s ancient social hierarchy system, Dalits – who are considered to be at the bottom of the caste system – continue to work [...]

Spice Girls probe charity T-shirts over ‘abuse’ in Bangladesh

Abuse and exploitation: inside South Korea’s seasonal worker program

South Korea’s seasonal worker scheme has come under fire, with accusations of modern slavery and systemic abuse of migrant [...]

Lawmakers Want Internal Investigation of Malaysia Ranking

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of Democratic lawmakers called on Monday for the U.S. State Department's internal watchdog to [...]

Trafficking Victims and Mental Health in Britain

Trafficking victims in Britain are at risk of severe mental health issues. The American Journal of Public Health reports that in [...]

India Doubles Compensation for Textile Worker Deaths

In order to expose problems in the textile industry, India has doubled its compensation regarding deaths of workers who operate power [...]

Possible Forced Labor in Sugarcane Used in Cereal and Drinks

Is the sugar used in your morning cereal produced by slave labor? Reuters reports that a recent study reveals that is quite possible. [...]

Would You Be Able to Recognize Modern Slavery in Britain?

In a Thomson Reuters Foundation article today, readers were asked to consider what modern slavery in Britain might look like. Scared, [...]

Traffickers Intimidate Sex Trafficking Survivors

Campaigners in India report that many sex trafficking survivors are being threatened by their traffickers after they return home. Women [...]

Drug Dealers Convicted for Trafficking Teen Girl

Two drug dealers have been charged with trafficking a teenage girl in the UK, making it the first time the UK’s Modern Slavery [...]

Banks, Casinos Unite to Tackle Modern Slavery in Asia

Big businesses in Asia, from hotels to clothing brands, are pledging to tackle modern slavery in their industries. The Mekong Club, a [...]

Global Prosecutor Summit Seeks to Increase Trafficking Convictions

Prosecutors from more than a dozen countries have come together for a global summit that aims to increase cross-border cooperation in [...]

“Bacha bazi”: The Boys Sex Trafficked in Afghanistan

A year after Afghanistan strengthened its human trafficking laws to prohibit the use of boys for sexual entertainment, experts say the [...]

Survivor Alliance Turns Victims into Global Leaders

A new online network is looking to help survivors of modern slavery become strategic leaders in the anti-slavery movement. The network, [...]

UK’s First Anti-Slavery Chief to Leave Landmark Role

Kevin Hyland, the UK’s independent anti-slavery commissioner appointed four years ago as part of the Modern Slavery Act says he will [...]

“A Woman Captured”: The Film that Helped Free Marish from Domestic Slavery

“I’m not sure there was a moment I realised my film was uncovering modern slavery,” says filmmaker Bernadett [...]

Britain: GSI Estimates 1 in 500 Are Victims of Modern Slavery

The new 2018 Global Slavery Index estimates that Britain is home to around 136,000 victims of modern slavery, far surpassing the [...]

Post-Brexit ‘Race to the Bottom’ Spells Trouble for Migrant Workers

Low-skilled migrant workers from Europe risk falling into modern slavery in post-Brexit Britain as employers scramble to find enough [...]

The “Lucrative Family Business” of Slavery

A group of eight who turned human trafficking into a “lucrative family business” has been jailed for a total of 24 years in [...]