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Bogota launches drive to combat invisible slavery, increase convictions

Over 300,000 people are estimated to be victims of human trafficking in Colombia, however few trafficking cases make it to court, with [...]

Rohingya Muslims Face Risks Fleeing Myanmar

The United Nations migration agency on Wednesday announced that hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims have run away from the [...]

UK’s Foreign Domestic Workers in Limbo

More than 17,000 domestic workers come to Britain each year – mostly to work for wealthy families visiting from Gulf countries [...]

Forced Labor for Brazil’s ‘Chicken Catchers’

Thousands of workers in Brazil’s poultry industry — namely ‘chicken catchers’ — are estimated to be [...]

Brazil Reverses Course, Will Not Weaken Anti-Slavery Law

In response to widespread criticism, Brazil will not weaken its anti-slavery law. The government has issued a decree backtracking on [...]

Britain Slashes Financial Support for Trafficking Survivors

Britain is halving half of the financial support it gives potential victims of modern slavery — a move widely criticized by [...]

Philippines: 3,000 Reports Each Month of Child Cybersex Abuse

The Philippines Department of Justice says it receives over 3,000 reports each month of Filipino children being sexually exploited and [...]

UK Anti-Slavery Hotline Uncovers 5,000 Potential Victims

Britain’s modern slavery hotline received thousands of calls in its first year of operation, helping identify nearly 5,000 [...]

Australia to Introduce Modern Slavery Act to Parliament Mid-2018

Australia’s own Modern Slavery Act — designed to be tougher than the UK’s — will require more than 3,000 companies to disclose how they [...]

Andy Hall: Trendy Smartphone Apps Give No Power to Worker Organizing

Human rights campaigners say that companies who are looking to clean up their supply chains from labor abuses need to invest in [...]

Automakers Urged to Follow Mercedes-Benz on Mica Supply Transparency

Campaigners are urging automakers to be more transparent in how they source the mineral mica — which adds a shimmer to cars — after [...]

Agricultural Firms Recycling UK Modern Slavery Statements

British farms that are required to report on how they are addressing modern slavery are failing to do so despite being known sites for [...]

Wealth Management Capital Sets Sights on Slavery

The principality of Liechtenstein — a global capital for wealth management — has launched a new initiative to mobilize the global [...]

‘Triple Threat’ of Slavery Alarms British Hoteliers

Loud music, used condoms, and alcohol may seem nothing new for British hotel owners. But combined with activities like last-minute [...]

Don’t Teach Me How to Sew — I Want to Play the Drums

“Why would you need training in stitching or becoming a beautician, especially when you are an excellent drummer?” asks [...]

Disney, Fisher-Price Doll Factory Under Investigation

A factory in China producing Disney and Fisher-Price dolls is the subject of a new investigation as it has emerged workers were [...]

Will Hong Kong Get its Own Anti-Slavery Law?

A Hong Kong lawmaker is vowing to make a renewed push to lobby the government to pass a anti-slavery law akin to the UK Modern Slavery [...]

At Last, UK Picks New Anti-Slavery Commissioner

After nearly nine months of the role being vacant, Britain has at last selected a new anti-slavery commissioner — Sara Thornton, head [...]

Rohingya Dreaming of Malaysia Not Deterred by Traffickers

Amina Begum is a Rohingya refugee living in a camp in Bangladesh, but she has her sights on making it to Malaysia to join her husband. [...]

Trafficked Bangladeshis in Vanuatu Considering Suicide

Over 100 Bangladeshi migrants have arrived in the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu in the past year. But instead of taking up jobs they [...]

A Modern Slavery Database is Not Enough. But It’s a Start.

Modern slavery is often present in the supply chains of products we use on a daily basis. Yet consumers across the world are waking up [...]

Mexico Ends All Funding for Anti-Trafficking NGOs

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has announced that Mexico will no longer give funding to anti-human trafficking organizations, [...]

Thailand’s traffickers flout 99% of court orders to compensate victims

Human traffickers in Thailand are ignoring 99% of court orders to compensate their victims, leaving their victims empty-handed and at [...]

Teenage radio channel warns of trafficking in Peruvian jungle

A weekly radio show aired by teenage girls in southern Peru warns their fellow peers to be vigilant of the signs of trafficking and [...]