In Hungary, laborers who are pushed to their limit, working up to 400 hours of overtime, may not see compensation …
State-sanctioned Trafficking
April 17, 2018 By Liza Kane-Hartnett
Kafala System – A Gateway to Slavery
Kafala, sponsorship, is an employment framework in the Gulf States – as well as Lebanon and Jordan – that requires …
February 6, 2018 By Liza Kane-Hartnett
State-sponsored Slavery: a North Korean Export
The Global Slavery Index reports that over one million North Koreans are estimated to be in modern-day slavery. Of those, …
January 2, 2018 By Liza Kane-Hartnett
Top Countries for Modern-Day Slavery: Part II
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.75″ background_layout=”light” border_style=”solid”] January 2, 2018 Our December 18th blog detailed the five countries where modern-day slavery …
December 18, 2017 By Liza Kane-Hartnett
Top Countries for Modern-Day Slavery
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.75″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.75″ background_layout=”light” border_style=”solid”] December 18, 2017 Modern-day slavery is pervasive. Though estimates differ – the Global …
November 20, 2017 By Firas Nasr
Action Required: Recommendations for Stakeholders Against Labor Exploitation in Private Prisons
Human Trafficking Search recently published a study which examines the use of labor in private prisons, finding that private prisons are not required to pay inmates a fair wage for the work they do, despite being able to make a profit. This is the third in a blog series to summarize the research.
November 13, 2017 By Firas Nasr
Comparing Compensation: What Inmates in Private Prisons Would Otherwise Get Paid
Human Trafficking Search recently published a study which examines the use of labor in private prisons, finding that private prisons are not required to pay inmates a fair wage for the work they do, despite being able to make a profit. This is the second in a blog series to summarize the research.
November 6, 2017 By Firas Nasr
Labor Exploitation in Private Prisons: A Blog Series
Human Trafficking Search recently published a study which examines the use of labor in private prisons, finding that private prisons are not required to pay inmates a fair wage for the work they do, despite being able to make a profit. This is the first in a blog series to summarize the research.
April 18, 2017 By Michelle Lillie
The Reason for the Late Tax Day this Year
Every year Washington DC celebrates Emancipation Day to commemorate President Lincoln signing the DC Compensated Emancipation Act of 1862 which ended slavery in Washington DC, freed 3,100 people and reimbursed those who had legally owned them and offered the newly freed people money to emigrate.
December 4, 2016 By HTS Staff
Part 2: Connections between Chattel Slavery and Modern-Day Human Trafficking
Although the Justice for Chattel Slavery and Anti-trafficking movements have yet to work together on eradicating slavery and the historical imprint of slavery in our society, there is a stark connection between the two movements in the US.