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  • Breaking News: 100 years later, slavery continues to evolve—and the Slavery Convention remains crucial
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Friday, December 5

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What happens if Spain’s Prime Minister criminalizes sex work?

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has pledged to criminalize sex work in the country, claiming that it ‘enslaves [...]

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Modern slavery cases on the rise as U.K. care worker shortage exploited

Over the past year, modern slavery cases reported in the care industry in the U.K. have more than doubled. Investigators have said in [...]

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Online romance scams hiding torture and modern slavery

Warning: This story contains details of violence, including sexual violence, which may be disturbing. Names have been changed to [...]

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Inside the human trafficking scandal rocking Scotland’s fishing industry

A harrowing BBC investigation has unveiled that dozens of workers from the Philippines, Ghana, India, and Sri Lanka may have been [...]

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Survivor story- How an IT job in Thailand turned into cyber-slavery in Myanmar

How an IT job in Thailand turned into cyber-slavery in Myanmar

Trigger Warning: this article contains graphic descriptions of abuse endured by those trapped in cyber-scam compounds.  Thousands of [...]

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French police investigate sex trafficking tied to Mohamed Al Fayed

French police investigate sex trafficking tied to Mohamed Al Fayed

French authorities have opened an investigation into sex trafficking linked to Mohamed Al Fayed, the late businessman accused of years [...]

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The Domestic Worker who ate Dog Food to Survive

Maria (not her real name) travelled from the Philippines to Brazil to be a domestic worker for a wealthy family in the suburbs of Sao [...]

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Yazidi Teen: ‘I Met My ISIS Captor on a German Street’

A Yazidi teenage girl who was sold into slavery by ISIS and managed to escape to Germany says she has come face-to-face with her former [...]

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Forced labor punishment for sex workers scrapped in China

China has announced plans to end the practice of subjecting sex workers and their clients to forced labor in detention as punishment. [...]

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“Xinjiang papers” link top level Chinese officials to Uyghur persecution

Previously unpublished confidential documents link the system of detention and forced labor of the Uyghur population to statements made [...]

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Thai chicken company loses suit against human rights activists yet again

Three human rights activists in Thailand have finally been declared not guilty in a trial lasting almost four years. Their alleged [...]

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Know someone addicted to Temu? The fix supplied by forced labor

Online shopping platform Temu has perfected the art of gamifying cheap online shopping. Using everything from roulette wheels with cash [...]

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Modern slavery survivor's journey ends with carrying the Olympic Torch

Modern slavery survivor’s journey ends with carrying the Olympic Torch

In what would have once been only a dream, Mohammed Zaman, a survivor of modern slavery, carried the Olympic torch during the Paris [...]

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Ghost jobs for sale: UK recruiters hiring migrants for jobs that don’t exist

Modern slavery and exploitation within the social care sector in the UK have been on the rise following a 2022 relaxation of [...]

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The violent origins of our favorite holiday spices

The holiday season is filled with familiar comforts—spiced drinks, chocolate treats, and family feasts. But behind these traditions [...]

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“My Job Gives Me a Future”: How Co-op Helps Trafficking Survivors

Peter (not his real name) bursts with excitement about his future. He’s planning to go on vacation with his girlfriend to Spain, [...]

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Home Office to Write to 18,000 CEOs

This summer, the government announced that it would review the UK Modern Slavery Act, hailed as landmark legislation when it was passed [...]

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Trafficking victims from Vietnam exploited in UK

The tragic death of 39 Vietnamese nationals in the trailer of a refrigerator lorry in Essex last year drew attention to the precarious [...]

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Traffickers exploiting Bangladeshis in Libya

Traffickers exploiting Bangladeshis in Libya

Traffickers are exploiting young Bangladeshi’s hopes of escaping poverty by offering them fake work placements in Libya, trapping them [...]

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Trafficked and tortured, thousands forced to scam in SE Asia

The BBC recounts the findings from a UN report that details how hundreds of thousands of people from around the world are lured to [...]

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From modern slavery to a normal life: Loretta’s story

What began as an invitation to work as a caregiver for four children living in the U.K. turned into what Loretta now knows as a form of [...]

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Forced to fight: how job promises lead to the Russian war zone

The Russian government recently discharged dozens of Indian men who had been forcibly conscripted to fight in the war in Ukraine. Duped [...]

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U.S. begins blocking solar materials produced in Uyghur Region

UK green energy bill amended to block slave labor-linked solar panels

Britain amends its Great British Energy Bill to ensure the new state-owned energy company, GB Energy, cannot use solar panels linked to [...]

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Campaign of terror continues—hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped in Nigeria

Campaign of terror continues—hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped in Nigeria

In a hauntingly familiar narrative, 315 Nigerian schoolgirls have been forcibly taken at gunpoint from their school by armed [...]

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