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    Thomson Reuters Foundation and The Mekong Club launch resource for financial institutions in Asia Pacific to combat modern slavery

    Thu, 7 Nov 2019 11:56 AM

    Financial institutions, NGOs and law enforcement in Asia Pacific join forces against modern slavery.

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    EXCLUSIVE-Uzbek teachers, nurses 'forced' to clean streets and harvest wheat

    Thu, 7 Feb 2019 17:17 PM

    Although government has repeatedly denounced forced labour, local officials regard civil servants as constant source of labour to fulfil regional needs or centrally imposed state quotas

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    Don't just arrest - buy better to stop slavery, states urged

    Fri, 1 Feb 2019 11:36 AM

    Governments are increasingly examining their own supply chains due to their huge purchasing power and growing pressure to abide by the very rules that they apply to businesses

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    U.N. urges Asian countries to follow Thailand on fishing pledge

    Thu, 31 Jan 2019 14:31 PM

    Fishing is largely unregulated in Asia and analysis by the Global Slavery Index has identified workers in the industries of China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand as being at high risk of modern slavery

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    From captivity to leaders: ex-bonded workers herald change in India

    Wed, 30 Jan 2019 14:11 PM

    Game-changer for millions in India as three former bonded labourers elected to village councils

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    Focus on Thai fishing distracts from worker abuse in other sectors - researchers

    Thu, 24 Jan 2019 08:48 AM

    While Thailand has taken steps to clean up its multibillion-dollar seafood industry after it came under international scrutiny, it has done little to regulate conditions in other sectors

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    Activists warn of gaps as EU lifts ban threat on Thai fishing industry

    Tue, 8 Jan 2019 15:03 PM

    The EU had issued a so-called "yellow card" on Thai fishing exports amid concerns over illegal fishing and labour abuses

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    Human vending machine dispenses 'slave-made' food in UK

    Tue, 11 Dec 2018 15:44 PM

    The confrontational campaign highlights the plight of the estimated 136,000 people in Britain currently trapped in slavery

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    Frenzy for fish means torturous life at sea for migrant fishermen

    Fri, 7 Dec 2018 12:16 PM

    "The international law which is most needed to make sure the fishing vessels are safe is not yet in force"

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    Edible insects hit supermarket shelves in UK first

    Mon, 19 Nov 2018 16:49 PM

    Insects have long been touted as a sustainable and cheap source of protein - though snacking on bugs is a stomach-churning prospect for many

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