Chasing Shadows: Can technology save the slaves it snared?

Updated: Sun, 17 Jun 2018

Chasing shadows: can technology save the slaves it snared?

Thailand banks on tech to end slavery at sea
Thailand is one of a growing number of countries using innovation to deal with modern slavery but experts warn against over-reliance on tech as a silver bullet without stronger workers' rights By Beh Lih Yi and Rina Chandran | Wed, 20 Jun 2018
Virtual vigilantes bust human traffickers from their laptops
"If you know how to find it, you will see it almost everywhere - almost every major site has some component of trafficking in it" By Inna Lazareva | Wed, 20 Jun 2018
Can blockchain save Moldova's children from traffickers?
Moldova has one of the highest rates of human trafficking in Europe as widespread poverty and unemployment drive many young people to look for work overseas By Umberto Bacchi | Tue, 19 Jun 2018
Across Asia's borders, trafficking survivors dial in for justice
Activists hope video conferencing will boost convictions for cross-border trafficking By Anuradha Nagaraj | Tue, 19 Jun 2018
Tech turns Filipino families into cybersex child traffickers
"I had been totally fooled. I was forced to do things you could not imagine a 16-year-old having to endure." By Kieran Guilbert | Mon, 18 Jun 2018
Click and save: websites help Asian maids escape debt bondage
"Right now the reason why recruitment is so mired in these unethical things is because there are too many players and no accountability" By Beh Lih Yi and Heba Kanso | Mon, 18 Jun 2018
Online grooming is gateway to child sex trafficking
"Traffickers are recruiting children where they interact with their peers, which is a virtual environment" By Anastasia Moloney | Sun, 17 Jun 2018
US tech moguls risk jail for online sex trafficking
Website owners and operators found guilty of contributing to sex trafficking can face 25 years in prison plus fines By Sebastien Malo | Sun, 17 Jun 2018