Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has pledged to criminalize sex work in the country, claiming that it ‘enslaves [...]
Source: BBC
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
“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Previously unpublished confidential documents link the system of detention and forced labor of the Uyghur population to statements made [...]
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 [...]
Know someone addicted to Temu? The fix supplied by forced labor
Online shopping platform Temu has perfected the art of gamifying cheap online shopping as reported by the BBC. Using everything from [...]
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 [...]
“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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Why Girls are Married Off in Sub-Saharan Africa
Many girls in sub-Saharan Africa are married off before they reach the age of 18, often because their families believe it will help [...]
Victim Spent 10 Years Being “Passed Around” for Sex
Jenny (not her real name) is a victim of modern slavery who spent a decade in sexual slavery, being passed around by gangs of men who [...]
Growing calls for credit card companies to reject porn sites
With the launch of a new campaign this past week, Freedom United joins a growing coalition of organizations calling on credit card [...]
U.S. diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympic Games over Uyghur forced labor
The White House has announced that they will not be sending an official delegation to the Beijing Winter Olympics in February 2022. [...]
Cubans trafficked to fight for Russia in war against Ukraine
According to the Cuban Foreign Ministry, Russia has been operating a human trafficking ring that forcibly “recruits” Cubans to [...]
Asylum seekers face ongoing inhumanity by U.K. government
The Rwanda Bill, discriminatory GPS tagging coupled with a raft of other inhumane legislation, all underline the U.K. government’s [...]