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Criadazgo, Children Adopted as Domestic Workers

Criadazgo is a common Colonial-era practice common in Paraguay, that allows affluent families to informally adopt impoverished rural [...]

$8 Million Awarded to Kansas Trafficking Victim, Largest in U.S. History

A woman who was trafficked for forced labor for 10 years across the United States has been awarded $8 million by a federal judge in [...]

New York makes own hand sanitizer to fight coronavirus — using prison labor

New York state has announced new measures to cheaply produce large quantities of hand sanitizer to combat its worsening coronavirus [...]

Child Marriages Banned in Virginia

Child marriages banned in Virginia. A new law in that state sets the minimum age to wed at 18, or 16 if a child is emancipated by [...]

Has FOSTA-SESTA Eliminated 90% of Online Sex Trafficking Ads?

In April, President Trump signed into law FOSTA-SESTA in an attempt to cut down on online sex trafficking ads. Five months later, [...]

World’s chocolate supply relies on more than 1 million child laborers

Who harvests the cocoa that makes its way into the global supply chains of the world’s largest chocolate companies? Nearly 1.6 [...]

Annual Demand to End Trafficking Globally

Again we are seeing another annual demand to end trafficking globally. The latest State Department report puts pressure on countries [...]

ICE is Deporting Mauritanians Back to Modern-Day Slavery

The West African nation of Mauritania has tens of thousands of citizens trapped chattel slavery, with darker-skinned Mauritanians being [...]

Filipino domestic workers trafficked from UAE to Syria

Dozens of Filipina domestic workers who were recruited to work in the United Arab Emirates have been trafficked to Syria, subjected to [...]

The Qatar Embargo isn’t Just Hurting Qatari Citizens

When Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates moved to impose a political/economic embargo on Qatar a month ago, a series of [...]

Brazil’s Coffee Farm Workers File OECD Complaint over Slave Labor

When Abelar Rebouças was finally rescued in 2016 by police from a coffee plantation in southern Brazil he was bone thin. His employer [...]

U.S. law enforcement: when “rescue” becomes exploitation

The criminalization of sex work in the U.S., barring the state of Nevada, further complicates and undermines efforts to tackle sex [...]

Former U.S. diplomat again found liable for sexually enslaving a housekeeper

Former U.S. diplomatic envoy Linda Howard, along with her husband Russell, were found guilty in federal court of raping an Ethiopian [...]

Patchwork of Programs for US Child Sex Trafficking Victims

After the last time Cecilia Roberts was sold for sex out of an Atlanta hotel room, she was taken to a residential facility to recover [...]

Progress stalls on sex workers’ rights in India

Landmark decision on sex workers’ rights in India could better protect against exploitation

India’s Supreme Court has officially defined sex work as a profession, calling for an end to police violence against sex workers, and [...]

Millions in Slavery Worldwide. Where are They?

New data released this week estimate that 40.3 million people were in modern slavery in 2016. The International Labour Office (ILO) and [...]

Saudi Royal Scandal in the DC Suburbs

At 17,000 square feet, complete with eight bathrooms, six bedroom suites, 14 living areas, the mansion on Aziza Court in Great Falls, [...]

True number of trafficked Ukrainian refugees unknown

It’ll take years before we know the true scale of Ukrainian refugees trafficked following the war in Ukraine. Russia escalated its [...]

New Film Highlights Worker Abuse in Qatar’s Preparation for World Cup

While soccer provides tremendous joy, it also “carries a considerable underbelly, a thick layer of rottenness shrouded by the [...]

South Korea Apologizes for Brothers Home Atrocities

South Korea’s top public prosecutor has apologized for a failed investigation into the enslavement and horrendous human rights [...]

How to choose your chocolate this Halloween

With Halloween just around the corner, you might be picking up some spooky treats during your next trip to the grocery store. The [...]

Survivors of Child Marriage Speak Out in West Africa

As she sits on the floor and holds her baby, she is panicked and tears fill her eyes. Her husband, nearly 20 years older, might kill [...]

Ivanka Trump Praises President Trump’s ‘Bold Action’

In an op-ed penned in the Washington Post, Ivanka Trump says President Trump’s administration is taking bold action against human [...]

Louisiana prison staff call incarcerated persons ‘slaves’

During the U.S. midterm elections of 2022, four out of five states voted to remove or change language inherited from the country’s [...]