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…lodge a new complaint in civil court to force employers to pay. One worker from India, Bijoy, explained that he had to make the difficult decision to forego pursuing a…

In a rare victory, India has sentenced a trafficker to life behind bars for trafficking five boys into forced labor at a bangle factory. Campaigners say the ruling gives hope…

…told me to speak without fear. I felt better after that. I was no longer scared,” she said. But many child survivors of trafficking in India aren’t afforded child-friendly courts,…

…were the number one group of domestic workers who were trafficked by their employers. Mexico, the United States, India, and Colombia rounded out the top 5 home countries of trafficked…

“The parents usually tell me ‘no water, no daughter’,” said Hetu. The 42-year-old farm laborer in rural Bundelkhand in central India has been out of luck in finding a wife….

Rehana Begum has become the first survivor of forced labor in India to win full compensation — 180,000 Indian rupees ($2,600 USD) after a two-year legal battle. She spent three…

…means of communication. The vessel owner, Elite Way Marine Services, abandoned the crew aboard the MV Azraqmoiah after citing financial difficulties. The men, mostly from India, are owed $260,000 in…

Typhoo has become the last of Britain’s top six tea brands to join a pledge to go transparent about its suppliers in Assam, India. Following consumer pressure from Traidcraft Exchange’s…

The majority of India’s 12 million brick kiln workers are held in debt bondage, stuck at brick factories after labor contractors preyed on the poor through cash advances. Yet labor…

Should a woman who “illegally” donated her kidney be considered a victim of organ trafficking or charged for commercial organ trading? That’s the question now before a court in India….