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Slavery has been linked to the supply chains of many ordinary products and commodities, including shoes, electronics, cocoa, and cotton. Forced labour is big business, with profits estimated at around…
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Slavery has been linked to the supply chains of many ordinary products and commodities, including shoes, electronics, cocoa, and cotton. Forced labour is big business, with profits estimated at around…
Modern slavery can be a difficult topic to bring up for discussion. To effectively raise awareness of the issue, it’s important to know the facts – and to clear up…
Last week the U.S. government shut down Backpage.com — a classified advertising site for sex ads — which some analysts believe accounted for 80% of all sex trafficking cases in…
…The campaign, launched by non-profit Core Community Services in partnership with Why Documentaries, has produced three short films on forced marriage that will be distributed online. SBS reports that primarily…
…can report abuse early before modern slavery takes root,” said Caroline Robinson, director of FLEX, adding that many laborers were too scared or did not know how to make complaints….
…Euros so I should behave in accordance with that, what I did is that I got drunk and I tried to commit suicide. “I jumped off a bridge and I…
…the survivors. Although India tops the slavery index, it is yet to have a comprehensive anti-trafficking law. The present law in India, called Immoral Trafficking and Prevention Act (ITPA), deals…
The Church of England says it is asking worshippers to aid in reporting human trafficking as bishops say slavery in Britain is at its worst “since the days of Wilberforce.”…
…but says it is working on formalizing domestic work. Chairperson for the Bar Council’s Migrants, Refugees and Immigration Affairs Committee Datuk Seri M. Ramachelvam even advocates for the country to…
…restricted to protect the local labor market from foreign competition.” Obtaining work permits for migrant domestic workers is “close to impossible,” Ayoub says. As a result, most people who come…
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