Trafficking news

UK soap opera 'Coronation Street' to spotlight modern slavery
Stop the music! Indians shun trafficked dance troupes at weddings
'Change the men', say U.S. fighters against sex trafficking
Spotlight
Life after slavery: survivors struggle to start anew
Pope's Good Friday service focuses on sex trafficked girls Sam Alberti
Britain must boost support for modern slaves, court rules Kieran Guilbert
Bosnia arrests nine suspected of smuggling 140 migrants Reuters
Malaysia begins inquiry into 2015 discovery of mass graves human Reuters
Safety fears loom for women at Mexico's trafficking shelters Christine Murray
Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein probe abuses in Ethiopian factories Amy Woodyatt
Wisconsin man found guilty of sex trafficking on Backpage.com Reuters
'I am not for sale' say Nigerian women in anti-trafficking effort Nellie Peyton
Global taskforce tackles cybersex trafficking in the Philippines Matt Blomberg
Tea titan Typhoo joins Britain's 'big six' in slavery fight Amber Milne
Dutch sweets giant probes 'attack' on Bangladesh factory workers Naimul Karim
Ease poor people's access to loans to prevent slavery, say experts Adeshola Ore
Alibaba founder defends overtime work culture as "huge blessing" Reuters
The murky world of U.S. prostitution in post-Backpage era Reuters
'Harsh' tactics keep wages low for Vietnamese garment workers Beh Lih Yi
factbox
Ten facts on prison labour worldwide Sonia Elks
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Volunteers or slaves? Brazil accused of illegal jail labour Fabio Teixeira
Brazil music festival accused of using homeless as slaves Fabio Teixeira
Bangladesh pledges to bring Vanuatu trafficking victims home Naimul Karim
Indonesia arrests eight in major human trafficking bust Beh Lih Yi
First female boss vows to shake up Bangladesh's fashion factories Anuradha Nagaraj
UK royal, US ambassador tout tech tools to tackle trafficking Kieran Guilbert
'Smallville' actress Allison Mack pleads guilty in sex cult case Reuters
UK slave bosses may be 'personally liable' for worker exploitation Lin Taylor
Fighting online child abuse gets boost from eBay billionaire Sarah Shearman
Malaysia says 200 Rohingya migrants still at sea Reuters
Thailand ramps up fight against forced labour with stricter law Rina Chandran
analysis
US ban on slave-made goods nets fraction of $400 bln threat Jason Fields
UK car wash app uncovers nearly 1,000 suspected slavery cases Amber Milne
Rare overtime protest by China tech workers goes viral Reuters
in-depth
Stitching for success - the cheap labour fuelling India's election Anuradha Nagaraj
Brazil names major fashion company to its slavery 'dirty list' Fabio Teixeira
Bangladesh fashion workers at risk with 'shocking' reform delays Naimul Karim
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About our Trafficking coverage

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

Opinion

Emily Kenway Focus on Labour Exploitation

How UK immigration policy is making a marketplace for traffickers

If the UK truly wants to prevent exploitation, it must allow safe and legal entry routes for migrants and provide undocumented workers with access to rights and justice
Penelope Kyritsis and Scott Nova Worker Rights Consortium

Doing well by doing good? Ask Ethiopia’s garment workers

Unfortunately for the country’s garment workers, there is a yawning gap between the brands’ ethical pretentions and the workplace reality for the people sewing their clothes
Chloe Setter Lumos Foundation

Hope is on the horizon for tackling orphanage trafficking

Countries are moving to block the exploitation of children in orphanages - the vast majority of whom have at least one living parent
Nadia Saracini Christian Aid

Addressing caste discrimination means stopping labour exploitation

The silence around caste and other forms of discrimination based on work and descent must be broken otherwise we will fail to achieve these and many other development goals

In Depth

Global taskforce tackles cybersex child trafficking in the Philippines
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INSIGHT -Volunteers or slaves? Brazil accused of illegal jail labour
analysis
US ban on slave-made goods nets tiny fraction of $400 bln threat
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EXCLUSIVE-India's slavery survivors forced back into bondage as compensation delayed

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

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