Posts by: Human Trafficking Search

Is Freedom for India’s Children Only a Temporary Respite?
August 25, 2020

Is Freedom for India’s Children Only a Temporary Respite?

The children traveled on foot.  And by train. Desperate to return home to Bihar, the children fled factories in Jaipur, …

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Solidarity Against Modern Slavery During COVID-19
August 11, 2020

Solidarity Against Modern Slavery During COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the lack of protection policies in place to prevent millions of people from being coerced …

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Addressing Human Trafficking: Let’s Shift the Onus from Individuals to Businesses and Policy Makers
July 15, 2020

Addressing Human Trafficking: Let’s Shift the Onus from Individuals to Businesses and Policy Makers

Introduction When it comes to human trafficking, the rising role of citizens’ self-regulatory behaviour – through eating Fairtrade produce, avoiding …

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Why Online Exploitation Is The Next Public Health Crisis
June 30, 2020

Why Online Exploitation Is The Next Public Health Crisis

Article written by: ECPAT-USA When the novel coronavirus was first recognized as a serious threat, health officials warned that individuals …

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Is Prison Labor Hiding in Your Portfolio?
June 16, 2020

Is Prison Labor Hiding in Your Portfolio?

The descendants of slaves continue to be disproportionately imprisoned as if forever destined to be the source of cheap production …

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The Protesters and Prison Labor
June 3, 2020

The Protesters and Prison Labor

Human Trafficking Search stands with the protestors and their work to reform systems that entrench inequality and injustice, including mass …

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Domestic Workers, Forced Labor, and the Locked Doors of Covid-19
May 19, 2020

Domestic Workers, Forced Labor, and the Locked Doors of Covid-19

In October 2019,  BBC News Arabic conducted an undercover investigation in the Middle East. Two reporters, posing as a husband …

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Human Trafficking and Prison Labor, Part 3: Incarcerated Workers and COVID-19
May 5, 2020

Human Trafficking and Prison Labor, Part 3: Incarcerated Workers and COVID-19

This is the final part in a three-part blog series authored by Polaris to introduce the issue.  The first two …

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After Decades of Voluntary Corporate Efforts, Child Labor is Still Being Used to Make Chocolate
April 21, 2020

After Decades of Voluntary Corporate Efforts, Child Labor is Still Being Used to Make Chocolate

For two decades, child labor in cocoa growing areas in West Africa has been well known, and despite voluntary corporate …

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COVID-19 and Human Trafficking
April 7, 2020

COVID-19 and Human Trafficking

The coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, has resulted in widespread stay at home orders, shuttering businesses and creating mass layoffs.  …

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