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Liverpool Football Club’s Anti-Slavery Statement, an Industry Model
Liverpool, a top football club, is setting a positive example for the sport’s industry with their newly released anti-trafficking statement. This kind of corporate responsibility should be enacted in all industries to effectively fight human trafficking.
What’s Behind Your Cup of Tea?
70,000 cups of tea are consumed globally every second! As the world’s top beverage after water, learn how this massive industry is key in combatting unfair labor practices.
How Europe’s Migration Policy Helps Human Traffickers
The money invested by Europe to prevent migrants from landing on its shores essentially subsidizes and boosts human smuggling profits. The more complex the border crossing, the more sophisticated the help that is needed. The more involved and risky the assistance, the more expensive it is, leading to an increase in fees, leading to more pay-later schemes – creating optimal conditions for human trafficking. Read more on how European immigration policies are bolstering the trafficking economy.
Will Brexit Benefit Human Traffickers? The Increased Risks in a Post-Brexit Europe
Experts worry that Brexit will result in a surge of trafficking victims, and present new obstacles to prevention and prosecution. Although the UK has made tackling human trafficking a priority, there are as yet no detailed proposals for how to ensure that Brexit does not hinder the fight against modern slavery.
Inside Hungary: When Overtime Becomes Slave-like Labor
In Hungary, laborers who are pushed to their limit, working up to 400 hours of overtime, may not see compensation …
Human Trafficking Meets Human Smuggling at the Southern Border
The nexus of human trafficking and human smuggling, two related but different crimes, is in the spotlight as President Trump …
Is it Slavery? Cultural Competence versus Cultural Relativism
William is a 14-year-old orphan from Uganda. After his parents died, his mother’s relatives took him in to live with …
Working with Interpreters
Identifying victims, interviewing survivors, and designing interventions for recovery all often require the assistance of an interpreter. Interpretation is an …
Spotlighting Action: Truckers Against Trafficking
This week we feature an organization, Truckers Against Trafficking (TAT), for the innovative way they are contributing to the fight …
Child Soldier Use in South Sudan Still on the Rise
Child Soldier use has been on the rise throughout the 5-year civil war in South Sudan, the world’s youngest country. Child Soldiers are often forcibly recruited. Recruitment of children is practiced by both rebel factions and government forces.