Italy arrests Somali gang leader for kidnap, rape of migrants
ITALY-MIGRANTS/SLAVERY (TV, PIX):Italy arrests Somali gang leader for kidnap, rape of migrants
Thirty million people are slaves, half in India - survey
A new index gives a global snapshot of the state of modern slavery, ranging from sex trafficking and debt bondage to forced labour
Thailand arrests suspected leader of human trafficking gang
Ko Myo, a Myanmar national, has confessed to selling some migrants from Myanmar into slavery on Thai fishing boats and possibly murdering as many as seven
Thai navy denies allegation of Rohingya Muslim smuggling
The smuggling network, centred on the west coast of southern Thailand, transports thousands of Rohingya mainly into neighbouring Malaysia, a Muslim-majority country the Rohingya view as a haven from persecution
SPECIAL REPORT-Thai authorities implicated in Rohingya Muslim smuggling network
Rohingya exodus from Myanmar has become one of the largest movements of boat people since the end of the Vietnam War
SPECIAL REPORT-Smugglers and security forces prey on Asia's new boat people
Rohingya exodus from Myanmar has become one of the largest movements of boat people since the end of the Vietnam War