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Britain Rules 45 Days of Victim Support Isn’t Enough

The High Court has ruled that the current policy of giving victims of modern slavery just 45 days of government support is far too [...]

Mexico City Decriminalizes Sex Work to Fight Human Trafficking

Mexico City lawmakers have voted to decriminalize sex work in the capital, pledging that it is an important first step in tackling sex [...]

Raids on French winemakers find 167 Bulgarian trafficking victims

Europol raids on French winemakers near the eastern city of Lyon have uncovered 167 suspected victims of human trafficking from [...]

Tackling modern slavery in 2020

With the new decade starting, we are moving closer and closer to 2030. In 2015, the UN made a formal commitment to ensure a better [...]

Child labor and debt bondage persist in Cambodian brick industry

Child labor and debt bondage remain widespread in Cambodia’s brick kilns despite an alleged successful crackdown by the government, a [...]

Pandemic poses great risks to India’s most marginalized

In an opinion piece last week for Thomson Reuters Foundation, Dalit rights activist Ritwajit Das and slavery expert Aidan McQuade [...]

Focus on U.K.’s “pitiful” support for survivors ahead of Anti-Slavery Day

In an opinion piece for Thomson Reuters Foundation, immigration lawyer Ayesha Mohsin made a new plea for the U.K. to increase its [...]

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 [...]

Labor abuses fuel Brazil’s Amazon destruction

Deforestation has rapidly increased in Brazil since right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro took office in 2019, but while the loss of [...]

Horrors Faced by Gay Sex Slaves

Three Hungarian men held as sex slaves in New York and Miami described in court the horrors faced by gay sex slaves. But they finally [...]

Trafficking Crisis Shakes Native American Reservation

A trafficking crisis fueled by poverty, isolation, joblessness, violence,and crystal meth addiction is leaving an ugly mark on the Fort [...]

New Worries After Garment Factory Blast in Bangladesh

A deadly boiler explosion in Bangladesh killed 10 workers. According to union leaders, it was just one in a string of tragic accidents [...]

Little Protection for Women Picking Cotton in Pakistan

A Reuters article tells the story of a widow named Amina Batool who has worked in extreme conditions in Pakistan’s cotton fields [...]

‘Green Cars’ and the Risk of Child Slavery

Are electric vehicles — or “green cars” — the way of the future? Or is there a risk of slavery in their supply [...]

How Stigma Silences Male Trafficking Victims

“It is hard – every time I tell my story I feel people do not believe me because I am a man, and should not have fallen into this [...]

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 [...]