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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 [...]

Trafficking Hotline Calls Increase

Trafficking hotline calls are increasing. This information refers to both the number of calls reporting trafficking and calls from [...]

Brick Layers Rescued from Trafficking

Brick layers were rescued from a construction site in Karnatake, according to police on Monday.

Bangladesh Makes a Way to Bring Sex Trafficked Girls Home

Girls and boys who are forced to go to India as sex workers might wait years to come back home to Bangladesh after they are rescued, [...]

India Holds World’s Biggest March to Protect Children

According to Reuters, thousands of activists came together in southern India on Monday. The event they were attending may well be the [...]

Traffickers Targeting the Homeless in the UK

UK charities are warning that traffickers are targeting homeless people, exploiting them for slave labor under false promises of work [...]

US Ban on Slave-Made Goods Needs More Bite

Despite the US banning imports made with slave labor, lawmakers and advocates say that billions worth of these illegal goods still make [...]

Five Gains in the Anti-Slavery Movement in 2017

As the world turns its attention to the problem of modern slavery and human trafficking, it is worth taking a moment to look back on [...]

Is the Super Bowl Actually a Magnet for Sex Trafficking?

The Super Bowl has been called the “single largest human trafficking incident” in the United States, but is this really [...]

Only 58% of UK Gov’t Suppliers Comply with Modern Slavery Law

The UK government’s own suppliers are failing to live up to the the standards set by the UK Modern Slavery Act. According to [...]

UK Modern Slavery Act Sends Drug Dealers to Jail for Trafficking

Two gang members in London who used a teenage girl to carry and sell drugs have been jailed for human trafficking in a landmark legal [...]

Children Missing from UK Care Homes Vulnerable to Trafficking

Increasing numbers of children placed in care homes — or foster care — in the UK are going missing, and experts say they are [...]

H&M and Gap to Probe Violence and Sex Abuse in Asian Factories

Fashion companies H&M and Gap say they will investigate recent reports of harassment, sex abuse, and violence occurring in its [...]

Lynchings, Fake WhatsApp Texts Create Fear Among Indian NGOs

Anti-trafficking NGOs in India are being forced to put their work on hold following public lynchings of 10 people and false rumors of [...]

Twinings Reveals Indian Plantations Following ‘Who Picked My Tea’ Campaign

Tea giant Twinings has published a list of Indian tea plantations that it buys from following pressure to increase transparency in an [...]

‘Poverty Wages’ for H&M Garment Workers

H&M stands accused of not living up to a pledge to pay garment workers a living wage, forcing factory employees to work excessive [...]

Keys to Revamping the UK Modern Slavery Act

Although Britain has been considered a global leader in the fight to end slavery since the passage of the UK Modern Slavery Act in [...]

Victims’ Private Medical Data No Longer Shared with UK Immigration

In a huge win for trafficking victims and survivors, Britain’s health department announced that it would put and end to a deal [...]