Trafficking news

Malaysian glovemaker faces action over migrants' illegal overtime
Human vending machine dispenses 'slave-made' food in UK
Murder probe leads to arrest of Indian trafficking 'kingpin'
Spotlight
Chasing Shadows: Can technology save the slaves it snared?
UK investigates after labour expose at world's top glove maker Kieran Guilbert and Beh Lih Yi
Hungarians protest against 'slave law' overtime rules Reuters
World's top glovemaker under fire in Malaysia over workers' rights Beh Lih Yi
Cambodian critic held in Thailand over sex-trafficking film Reuters
New roads, old war fan sale of Southeast Asian brides in China Rina Chandran
Frenzy for fish means torturous life at sea for migrant fishermen Inna Lazareva
Britain behind in anti-slavery fight due to lack of victim support Umberto Bacchi
Chinese Disney doll factory investigated over treatment of workers Kieran Guilbert
World's top glovemaker vows to clean up its labour supply chain Beh Lih Yi
Cambodia frees 32 surrogate mothers charged with human trafficking Jared Ferrie
New scrutiny over Bolivian child labour after US pledges aid cuts Anastasia Moloney
India to fight child labour in mica mines Roli Srivastava
UK faces tough task to ensure govt supply chains are slave-free Kieran Guilbert
Construction companies failing to protect refugee workers Umberto Bacchi
Fairtrade to raise floor price, premium for cocoa farmers Reuters
London calling: Facebook, banks enlisted in drive to stop slavery Kieran Guilbert
Global chocolate supply chain tainted by abuses in Brazil Fabio Teixeira
Two Chinese trade union officials arrested after helping workers Reuters
New rule puts US trafficking victims at higher risk of deportation Jason Fields
Poverty-stricken state in Brazil plans to map slavery hot spots Fabio Teixeira
Australia targets big business with world's 2nd anti-slavery law Kieran Guilbert
S.Korea wartime forced labourers ruling draws rebuke from Japan Reuters
UK urged to protect post-Brexit seasonal farm workers from slavery Lin Taylor
Desperate Venezuelan migrants fall prey to sex slavery in Colombia Anastasia Moloney
Slaves to students: British college marks new start for survivors Kieran Guilbert
Virtual map converts calls to UK helpline into slavery hotspots Kieran Guilbert
Protect Indian sex workers' right to reject rehab, say campaigners Roli Srivastava
Campaigners challenge U.N. over forced labour in Uzbekistan Kieran Guilbert
Brands practise 'wilful ignorance' over child slaves: filmmaker Sonia Elks
Cuban doctors head home, leaving Brazilian towns with no care Reuters
Women raped by IS need justice: UK ex-foreign minister Sonia Elks
Cheap or kind? Europeans want clothes with a conscience Umberto Bacchi
analysis
Bangladesh garment factories face squeeze if safety push blocked Reuters
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About our Trafficking coverage

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

Opinion

Tom Hunt, Genevieve LeBaron, ... University of Sheffield

Are U.S. hotel workers victims of forced labour?

Global firms who want to be industry leaders by taking a stand against forced labour must do more than adopt principles- they must practice what they preach
Ben Vanpeperstraete Clean Clothes Campaign

Bangladesh needs to get serious about workers’ rights and safety

EU should make a stand towards the Bangladeshi government to improve labour conditions
Aidan McQuade Livelihoods and Food Security Fund

How China's one-child policy led to forced marriages in Myanmar

The lack of women and girls in China has helped create a thriving market for trafficked girls and young women from neighbouring countries
Andrea Powell Karana Rising

It's time to change how we treat victims of sexual assault

We must recognize that rape culture exists only because we let it

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'
insight
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

With new data, India plans to fight child labour in mica mines
Slave-free jeans sell out on 'Markle sparkle' but can companies back ethical vows?
Calls mount to stop orphanages exploiting poor children to lure money, tourists
insight
As slavery evolves in Mauritania, silent victims prove harder to find