Posts by: Human Trafficking Search

There Could be Labor Exploitation in Your Coffee Cup: Here’s How It Got There
September 15, 2020

There Could be Labor Exploitation in Your Coffee Cup: Here’s How It Got There

Around the world, approximately 26 million people work on coffee plantations every year. Men, women, and children labor in countries …

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Race and Intersectional Identities within Modern Slavery and Human Rights
September 8, 2020

Race and Intersectional Identities within Modern Slavery and Human Rights

2020 has been an unprecedented year for many communities across the world as we face the impact of COVID-19. Families …

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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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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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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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