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Shifting Liability of Child Sex Abuse to Web Companies

British Prime Minister Theresa May’s ethics watchdog is calling on the government to introduce laws that would shift the [...]

Uber Drivers Given Tips to Spot Human Trafficking

Uber is teaming up with U.S. anti-trafficking groups ECPAT-USA, Thorn, and The McCain Institute in an effort to train its drivers on [...]

Nigerian Traditional Leader Revokes Curse on Trafficking Victims

Oba Ewuare II, A traditional leader in Benin in Nigeria’s Edo state, has dismissed the curses placed on trafficking victims by [...]

Colombian Tourist Flagship Targets Child Sex Tourism ‘Pirates’

Authorities in the Colombia are pledging to work with businesses, tourist agencies, and advocacy groups to combat commercial sexual [...]

India: Child Marriages Tied to Domestic Slavery, Sexual Exploitation

Officials in the the Indian state of Maharashtra are warning that child brides are being trafficked for sexual exploitation and [...]

Brands Using Certification Schemes Fail to Stop Labor Abuse

A previous version of this article unfortunately contained an image featuring tea brands which are not implicated in the recent news [...]

Is Your Natural Make-Up Free of Forced Labor?

As the global demand for natural make-up soars, analysts are warning that key components of these products are often linked to child [...]

‘Hackathon’ Challenges Young Colombians to Create Anti-Trafficking App

IBM, the United Nations, anti-trafficking campaigners, and university students in Colombia are gearing up for the country’s [...]

Why Garment Workers are Rejecting a Pay Raise

Garment workers in Bangladesh have rejected a minimum wage increase, arguing that it is not enough to live on and urging global fashion [...]

Bonded Labor Verdict Creates a Buzz in India

Survivors of bonded labor at a rock quarry in Tamil Nadu state are welcoming a stiff sentence for their former employers. It’s a [...]

“Opposite of Trafficking isn’t No Trafficking” — it’s Labor Rights

Legal action alone is not going to end modern slavery. Rather, according to activists, campaigners, and lawyers, the world needs to get [...]

The College Offering Free Education to Survivors

At a college in Barnsley, northern England, students discuss their experiences surviving sex trafficking, battling addictions, and the [...]

Malaysia Targets Middlemen to End Debt Bondage

Malaysia is going after exploitative middlemen who attempt to recruit migrant workers from abroad by changing them exorbitant [...]

Increase in Urban Slavery Cases in Brazil

Brazil faces new challenges as prosecutors and labor inspectors must deal with a sharp increase in cases of urban slavery, according to [...]

Brazilian Religious Cults Enslaving Their Followers

“Help me get out of here please. I want to leave here, dad. I want to talk to you, but they won’t let me.” It was the [...]

Ride-Hailing Firm Grab Trains Fleet to Spot Trafficking

The largest ride-hailing company in Southeast Asia, Grab, has announced plans to train its millions of drivers across the region on [...]

Pope’s Good Friday Service Focuses on Rome’s Trafficked Children

A nun who has helped trafficked women and children in Italy, Nigeria, and Benin will be the main speaker today during Pope [...]

Portugal Police Free 20 Women from Trafficking

Eight members of a human trafficking network have been arrested in Portugal following a six-month investigation supported by Europol. [...]

‘A trafficker lives here’ — Bangladesh paints suspects’ homes red

Border guards in Bangladesh are painting the homes of suspected human and drug traffickers red in an effort to stop trafficking from [...]

From plantation to boardroom: Indian slaves move on from life of bondage

An innovative approach to freeing bonded laborers on farms in India has led to a “rare success story” for survivors. In Kerala, former [...]

Thai coffee brand promises compensation after missing wages revealed

A Thai coffee chain has promised to pay thousands of dollars in compensation to 200 farmers that went years without payment and [...]

Asian garment workers bear the brunt of declining clothing sales

Millions of garment workers in Asia face rising modern slavery risks as the pandemic hits top fashion brands, experts and campaigners [...]

Survivors of modern slavery in the U.K. endangered by immigration policies

Freedom United marked U.K. Anti-Slavery Day by calling for a commitment to ensure that victims of trafficking do not face punitive [...]

Why is this form of modern slavery still legal?

How is this form of modern slavery still quasi-legal?

In an opinion piece for the Thomson Reuters Foundation this week, Aidan McQuade writes that the key to addressing modern slavery is [...]