Slavery news

Indian tea plantation workers strike to demand wage hike
Over 90 Haitian migrants abandoned in Colombian waters
Boohoo to tackle failings in Leicester supply chain
In Depth
No way back: Indian workers shun city jobs after lockdown ordeal
Sex workers say Brussels prostitution ban drives them underground
insight
Meatpackers deny workers benefits for COVID-19 deaths, illnesses
India's fish sellers struggle to stay afloat during pandemic
UK targets drug gangs as COVID-19 fuels child trafficking fears
In India, boy's death spurs calls for bonded labour crackdown
Global goals: Is there still time to save the world?
'Historic' labour law raises fear Indian workers will pay price
Pandemic slashes worldwide income from work by a tenth - ILO
U.S. House passes China forced labor bill near unanimously
Girls tackle child marriage on the football pitch in India
UK orders public sector to tackle modern slavery in supply chains
Thailand's sex workers petition to decriminalise prostitution
Anger as Hong Kong keeps 'discriminatory' rule for migrant maids
China sharply expands mass labor program in Tibet
Migrant workers in Thailand launch legal action over wages expose
India's Nobel laureate fears upsurge in child labour amid pandemic
Brazil inspectors accuse contractor of slave-like conditions
Apparel group says broad ban on China's Xinjiang cotton impossible
Ethiopia brings migrants home amid concern over Saudi camps
More children wed, risk trafficking in Rohingya camps in pandemic
Bring more traffickers to justice, UK anti-slavery chief urges
New law to protect Thai fishermen seen boosting child labour
Fears surge in demand for hand sanitiser could fuel child labour
India to commemorate life of Swami Agnivesh with protest march
Activists decry 'genocide' of China's Uighur minority
US pulls back from broad cotton import ban from China's Xinjiang
Brazil court rules in favor of anti-slavery 'dirty list'
S.Korea charges former 'comfort women' activist with fraud
Pandemic threatens world's biggest jobs programme in rural India
Disney CEO to answer for "Mulan" Xinjiang connection
Central African Republic seeks justice for sexual violence victims
insight
S. Asian migrant workers seek justice for COVID wage theft
US readies bans on cotton, tomato imports from China's Xinjiang
exclusive
Thai airport staff sue over pay as virus hammers sector
Colombia makes arrests in China sex trafficking plot
U.S. to block imports from China's Xinjiang over forced labor
Dozens of abandoned migrants rescued in Sahara
Disney's 'Mulan' sparks backlash over Xinjiang, Hong Kong
U.S. to ban cotton from China's Xinjiang over rights concerns
New contract for Lebanon's migrant maids only a first step
Spain's migrant fruit-pickers find unexpected haven in quarantine
Almost 300 Rohingya refugees arrive in Indonesia's Aceh province
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About our Slavery coverage

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

Opinion

Maya Esslemont After Exploitation

UK data denial blocks trafficking victims’ access to justice, care

While politicians were being denied evidence on the detention of victims, the government was detaining growing numbers
Tim Sandler Transparentem

Pay-to-play, pay-to-stay: the high cost of Indonesian apparel jobs

Nobody should have to pay for work. The workers who are the lifeblood of the industry deserve nothing less
Seán Columb University of Liverpool

Tracking down organ traffickers and their victims

Worldwide, the number of illegal transplants is believed to be somewhere in the region of 10,000 per year
Emily Kenway

Britain has to choose: evict renters or prevent human trafficking?

Restarting evictions will not only cause misery, but also a spike in modern slavery cases

In Depth

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EXCLUSIVE-Brazil halts mobile group's anti-slavery operations due to coronavirus
Trafficked 'brides' stuck in China due to coronavirus after fleeing abuse
Criminal or victim? Female drug mules trapped as 'legal zombies' in Brazil
Baby or a job? Stark choice for Taiwan's migrant workers

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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Dutch sex worker sets up crowdfunding page as coronavirus closes brothels
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Actress Mira Sorvino calls for action on pimps, buying sex to end trafficking
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EXCLUSIVE-New Ethiopia law to give life sentences to crooked labour brokers