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Asia
Human Trafficking and the Taliban
Burqa_Afghanistan_01 From 1996 to 2001 the Taliban, a Sunni Islamic fundamentalist group controlled and oppressed the Afghanistan population. During its …
Human Trafficking in China
Human trafficking is an international problem that must be handled domestically. This becomes particularly difficult in a country known for …
Bonded Labor in South Asia
Bonded labor or debt bondage is the largest form of slavery in the world. Victims become bonded laborers when their …
Forced Labor During the Sochi Winter Olympics
As we have written about in a previous blog, sex trafficking increases at major sporting events that draw in crowds …
Child Labor Blog Part III: Manufacturing in Asia
The third and final installment of the Child Labor blog series will focus on the manufacturing industry in Asia. Pakistan, …
A Slippery Slope for Russia, China and Uzbekistan
The annual US Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report was released earlier this week and its ranking of countries …
The Problem with Cotton: Child Labor in Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan is the world’s third largest exporter of raw cotton, earning the country an estimated $1 billion a year in …