Trafficking news

Irish migrant fisher workers' scheme breaches human rights
N.Korea needs mass labour. A growing market economy threatens that
EU trade threat could make Cambodian factories worse for workers
Spotlight
Chasing Shadows: Can technology save the slaves it snared?
Toughen anti-slavery laws, say UK lawmakers after fashion probe Sonia Elks
Migrants suspected of terrorism, smuggling detained in Bosnia Reuters
Australian companies 'significantly exposed' to slavery risk Adeshola Ore
Portugal tackles labour trafficking on farms but resources scarce Reuters
Global count finds cases of child soldiers more than doubling Ellen Wulfhorst
Mother of dead maid treated 'like a dog' calls for justice Beh Lih Yi
India's Kumbh Mela festival steps up anti-trafficking efforts Anuradha Nagaraj
India's tourist magnet starts to clean child labour 'blot' Roli Srivastava
Bangladesh looks to recruitment brokers to curb trafficking Naimul Karim
Scientists use AI to help children sold for sex in hotels Jason Fields
Pope denounces 'scourge' of human trafficking and slavery Reuters
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Soaring number of suspected slaves in UK sparks alarm over support Kieran Guilbert
Thirty Rohingya refugees rescued from traffickers in Bangladesh Naimul Karim
Indonesia finds 193 Bangladeshis locked up in shop house Reuters
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Uzbek teachers, nurses 'forced' to clean streets and harvest wheat Kieran Guilbert
Danone and Nestle-owned company could join slavery 'dirty list' Fabio Teixeira
Bangladesh suppliers to H&M, Next lay off workers after protests Reuters
180 Nepalis rescued in major anti-trafficking operation Roli Srivastava
Trafficking in Rohingya camps feared rising as crisis rolls on Naimul Karim
UK police arrest 33 men in child sex abuse investigation Thomson Reuters Foundation
UK set to appoint top cop as new anti-slavery chief Kieran Guilbert
India's 'invisible' workers march for better pay, job security Annie Banerji
India's home garment workers exploited by fashion brands Anuradha Nagaraj
UK rejects calls to license car washes to prevent worker abuses Sonia Elks
Fighting sex trafficking with soap at the Super Bowl Jason Fields
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Don't just arrest - buy better to stop slavery, states urged Kieran Guilbert
Aid effort brings little relief for migrants trapped in Libya Reuters
U.N. urges Asian countries to follow Thailand on fishing pledge Michael Taylor
Malaysia to take glovemaker to court for not paying workers Beh Lih Yi
UK's fashion industry is exploitative and unsustainable - report Emma Batha
Brazil's fight against urban slavery is getting harder Fabio Teixeira
Athens aims to deliver goods, services free of forced labour Kieran Guilbert
From captivity to leaders: ex-bonded workers tout change in India Anuradha Nagaraj
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About our Trafficking coverage

We shine a light on human trafficking, forced labour and modern-day slavery.

Opinion

Siddharth Kara University of Berkeley

The invisible women and girls who make your clothes

For many of the children, garment work comes at the expense of an education
Olivia Darby Wonder Foundation

Breaking language barriers empowers vulnerable women

Migrant and refugee support organisations have been campaigning for decades for better provision of English language classes for vulnerable migrants
Rochelle Keyhan Collective Liberty

Is R. Kelly a human trafficker?

The only difference between R. Kelly’s behavior and classic pimp is that R. Kelly kept the women and girls to himself
Laura Duran ECPAT UK

Unaccompanied child migrants are being failed by Britain

Fears around detention and removals can push young people into forced labour and other exploitative situations

Trafficking In Translation

The In Translation service from the Thomson Reuters Foundation publishes translated versions of a selection of our trafficking stories in Hindi and Tamil.

In Depth

New roads, old war fan sale of Southeast Asian brides in China
Back home, Cameroon migrants grapple with Libya trauma, prison debt
Scotland sets sights on slavery as more Vietnamese chase 'pot of gold'
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Nigeria's trafficking curse: the battle to dispel the black magic behind sex slavery

Videos & Pictures

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Sex trafficking - a family business
The lost girls of Myanmar
Generations of Romanian girls trafficked into sex industry
Frontline Insight: Photographing Libya’s slaves
Getting to Europe: The Game
UK police in the fight against human trafficking

Editor's Picks

Mother of dead maid treated 'like a dog' in Malaysia calls for justice
Bangladesh sets sights on recruitment brokers to curb abuse and trafficking
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Europe must cut ties with Mauritania, anti-slavery politician says
Malaysia targets middlemen to end debt bondage of migrant workers