A woman who was forced to marry her rapist when she was just 11 years old has now inspired the Florida Senate to pass a ban on child [...]
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The Philippines Ambassador Spoke Out. So Kuwait Expelled Him.
Kuwait has expelled the Philippines ambassador and recalled its own envoy from the Philippines as the diplomatic rift between the two [...]
California’s Incarcerated Firefighters Earn Only $2 a Day
As wildfires spread across California, some 9,400 firefighters are working around the clock to control the blaze. Yet one segment of [...]
US Apparel Firm Cuts Ties with Chinese Camps
A US sportswear company from North Carolina has cut ties with its Chinese supplier after it came to light in an AP investigation that [...]
Judge OKs Trafficking Law in Harvey Weinstein Suit
A judge ruled this Monday that a human trafficking law can be used in a civil lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein. The suit is being [...]
Megachurch Leader Arrested for Human Trafficking and Child Rape
Joaquín García, the leader of La Luz del Mundo, a church based in Mexico with branches the U.S. and over 1 million followers, has been [...]
NXIVM Leader Keith Raniere Convicted for Sex Trafficking
Keith Raniere, the co-founded of “self-help” group NXIVM, has been convicted on seven charges, including sex trafficking, [...]
Uyghur activist urges U.S. to go beyond newly passed bill
In an opinion piece for Time magazine, prominent lawyer and Uyghur rights advocate Nury Turkel urged the U.S. government to sign newly [...]
U.S. immigration agenda harming progress against human trafficking
Despite ostensibly prioritizing fighting human trafficking, the Trump administration’s hardline stance on immigration is actually [...]
A deep dive into forced labor on the high seas
A four-year investigation by an international team of reporters from dozens of newspapers and magazines reveals a persistent pattern of [...]
The dark web of deceit: cyber scam operation exploits and entraps thousands
TIME reports on the global cyber scam operation known as “pig butchering” that originated in China six years ago. The scam involves [...]
Guilty! Federal investigation fines company for illegally hiring children
A Tennessee based janitorial service was fined $650,000 after a federal investigation by the Department of Labor (DOL) found they had [...]
The argument for reviving the “Child Labor Amendment”
Child labor protections in the U.S. are facing unprecedented rollbacks at a rate that hasn’t been seen in decades. In 2022 and 2023, [...]
Oklahoma Cop Guilty of Raping 13
Daniel Holtzclaw enjoyed his status as a young police officer. His thirteen rape victims, aged 17- to 57-years old, were black and [...]
Syrian Children in Lebanon at Great Risk of Slavery
Syrian children in Lebanon, according to a new Freedom Fund report, are facing lives of forced labor...
There Are Thousands of Human Trafficking Victims. Here’s How You Can Help
There are thousands of trafficking victims around the world and the number in the U.S. continues to increase. The Department of [...]