Thousands of stranded Nigerian migrants in Libya have been sent back home in an effort to save them from Libya’s slave markets. [...]
Source: Washington Post
Maryland Needs to Criminalize Labor Trafficking
Two young women from Africa recently escaped from an a large home in the affluent suburb of Potomac, Maryland. They were forced to work [...]
Norway Football Federation renews calls for migrant worker compensation
Over 200 national Football Associations are due to meet on March 16 for the first time since the World Cup final in December, putting [...]
Police are Trained to Spot Drug Trafficking. Why not Child Trafficking, too?
Deputy Patrick Paquette recalls the night that forever changed his career in law enforcement. One night he pulled over a 29-year-old [...]
Under Trump, Visas for Trafficking Victims Hit 7-Year Low
As part of National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month President Trump announced that his administration would use “every [...]
Migrant children forced into hazardous work in the U.S.
Packers Sanitation Services, a leading cleaning company in the meatpacking industry, has come under scrutiny following a comprehensive [...]
US House Passes Anti-Online Sex Trafficking Bill
The United States House of Representatives has passed a bill that would allow legal action against websites that host advertisements [...]
Maryland Among Worst States for Sex Trafficking Survivors
Donna Bruce was teaching a beauty class in Baltimore when one of her students blindsided her. In front of the entire class, “The [...]
Trafficking survivors may stop calling National Hotline, advocates warn
A proposed bill in the U.S. House has ignited a fierce debate surrounding the National Human Trafficking Hotline, as the question of [...]
Texas Parents Burned Daughter for Refusing Marriage
In the middle of 2017 Maarib Al Hishmawi’s parents told her that they had found a man that she would marry. She was only 15-years-old [...]
Mars, Nestlé, and Hershey Won’t Promise Chocolate is Free from Child Labor
The world’s largest chocolate companies promised to eradicate child labor from their supply chains 20 years ago. But today, these same [...]
Migrant labor trafficking operation behind a laundry service
A judge recently found the owners and managers of a Virginia based laundry business guilty of illegally smuggling 100 migrants over [...]
Thai Court Fines Andy Hall $321,000 for Defamation
A Thai court in Bangkok has ordered labor rights activist Andy Hall to pay 10 million baht ($321,000) in damages for defamation. Hall [...]
Trump Administration Cuts Legal Funding for Victims of Trafficking
It has become even harder to survivors of human trafficking to clear their criminal records for crimes they were forced to commit. The [...]
Tesla boasts about their ethics, but are they really that ethical?
A report published by the Washington Post reveals the evidence of an investigation into the supply chains of major auto companies that [...]
Now You Can Read the TPP
It has taken nearly a decade for the 12 Pacific Rim countries to finally agree on what will govern trade between them in the future.
‘Smallville’ Actress Allison Mack Indicted for Sex Trafficking
Actress Allison Mack, who spent a decade playing Chloe Sullivan on the TV show “Smallville,” was indicted along with Keith [...]
US Customs investigates whether to block Ivory Coast cocoa imports
A team from US Customs and Border Protection visited farming regions of Ivory Coast last week as part of their investigation into [...]
Kazakhstan Students Tricked into Slavery
The college students from Kazakhstan thought they were coming to Florida for a week at the beach. They had registered to work at a [...]
China’s One-Child Policy and the Rise in ‘Imported’ Brides
Tens of thousands of foreign women, primarily from Southeast Asia, are moving to China for marriage. At once, they’re trying to [...]
Movement to treat human trafficking as a public health issue gains ground
Medical professionals in the US are playing an increasingly important role in the fight against human trafficking as calls grow for [...]
Senator Cardin: India Can Do Better
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a joint meeting of Congress on June 8. In a speech in New Delhi on Wednesday, U.S Sen. [...]
#JusticeforNoura: Forced into Marriage, Sudanese Girl Faces Death Penalty
Noura Hussein did not want to marry. At 16, she was still in high school, aspiring to become a teacher. But her family forced her to a [...]
US alleges Cuban doctors in modern slavery
The US government is urging its allies to end their medical agreements with Cuba and expel Cuban doctors, accusing the country of [...]