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'Like slaves': Lebanon's delivery riders struggle as crisis bites
Mozambican slave descendants fight for snatched S. African land
Sitting pretty? Indian shop workers win the right to a chair
In Depth
Inside Amazon's shadow workforce in Mexico
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Taking on the Traffickers
Renewable energy jobs grew globally in 2020 despite COVID crisis
China's Belt and Road plans losing momentum as debts mount
Thai airport workers seek compensation for lost lunch breaks
Cambodia raises minimum textiles wage by $2
California to require garment industry to pay hourly wages to work
R. Kelly convicted of luring women, underage girls for sex
African sex workers face digital abuse as COVID pushes them online
New York City's delivery worker protections seen as watershed
COVID-fuelled child labour crisis spurs call for global fund
Social entrepreneurs fight to make gig work fairer, greener
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Climate migrants said to face greater risk of modern slavery
Chinese scammers enslave jobless teachers and tourists in Cambodia
Congo's Ebola orphans work to survive amid trauma and stigma
Malaysia's Top Glove says U.S. lifts import ban over forced labour
With pandemic rebound, Latin America's working mothers fall behind
Singapore to ease COVID-19 restrictions for migrant workers
Rights group files complaint over Chinese textiles in Germany
Hundreds of Africans detained, deported from Abu Dhabi
U.S. labor agency probes two complaints from Apple workers
With Assam silk, Indians fight climate change and trafficking
Slaves to deforestation: Labor abuses fuel Amazon destruction
Fast fashion spurs bleach-like pollution of Africa's rivers
Senator presses FBI over photos used in sex-trafficking probe
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Cocoa giant in Brazil slave labour probe 'can't trace supplies'
With free education, Congo's child miners swap hammers for books
Cryptocurrency promise for UAE's unbanked migrants - but not yet
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Can vaccines save Bangladesh's garment sector?
U.S. congressmen call on Hilton to cut link to Xinjiang project
Goodyear tyre in Malaysia accused of abusive labour practices
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Mexico's subcontracting ban aimed to help staff: Is it working?
Asia's apparel industry threatened by rising sea levels: study
Congo's children dodge gangs to sell sex drugs on Kinshasa streets
Garment workers hit by COVID-19 rights rollback
Tunisian garment workers fight for unpaid wages in pandemic
Bangladesh factory owner arrested over fire that killed 52 workers
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Grief and neglect: 10 factory disasters in South Asia
U.S. to add Chinese companies to blacklist over Xinjiang abuses
Glovo mulls appeal after Italian watchdog fines Foodinho
Malaysia to review recruitment fees after U.S trafficking report
Forced labour main human trafficking crime in Malaysia, U.S. says
France to investigate brands for hiding crimes in Xinjiang
U.S. warns of systemic racism in human trafficking report
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About our Slavery coverage

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

Opinion

Anonymous Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre

It’s time to listen to people who’ve experienced modern slavery

There are many more people like me, who could provide their perspective and expertise in the work addressing modern slavery. We should listen to them.
Jessica McGoverne Sedex

How to identify and prevent forced labour in global supply chains

Organisations must always consider the possibility that forced labour is occurring, particularly if their supply chains are long, multi-tiered, and range across several countries
Linda Nooitmeer National Institute for the Study of Dutch Slavery

Why it matters that descendants of Dutch slaves can change names

In Utrecht, name changing will be free of charge for the descendants of enslaved communities and is seen as a small act of reparations. Not enough, but it is a start.
Heidi Hautala, Andy Hall and ... European Parliament

Now is the time for the EU to ban forced labour imports

The EU should amend the public procurement directive for procurers to consider social responsibility and human rights issues in purchasing decisions.

In Depth

Health official alleges ‘sexual slavery’ in Tigray; women blame soldiers
Pandemic drives more people to risk lives in India's illegal mica mines
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INSIGHT-The gig workers taking legal action to regain control of their data
INSIGHT - Latin American crime cartels turn to crypto to clean up their cash

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

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ANALYSIS - Mexico's ban on subcontracting aimed to help workers: Is it succeeding?
Brazil's anti-slavery wins bring new test: how to compensate victims
Chinese tech patents tools that can detect, track Uighurs
Migrant school closures fuel child labour in Thai seafood industry