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China’s fast-fashion app Shein will face tougher EU tech rules
BRUSSELS — Chinese-founded fashion app Shein will face stringent rules on how it handles content on its platform starting in …
New plan to combat human trafficking launched in Brazil
Brasília (Brazil), 20 August 2024 – Human trafficking is an ongoing challenge in Brazil, with forced labour being the most prevalent …
The blurred line between villains and victims
The Global Organized Crime Index 2023 paints a bleak picture: criminality is increasing but resilience to it is not. Building resilience to …
Sri Lankan diplomat guilty of labor exploitation says Australian Court
Sri Lankan diplomat Himalee Arunatilaka has been ordered by the Federal Court of Australia to pay back wages to her …
Hundreds of refugee children in U.K. have vanished and U.N. raises the alarm
After arriving unaccompanied in the U.K. and being placed in asylum hotels hundreds of refugee children have vanished. Many are …
Economic strife and conflict are fueling modern slavery in the DRC
The Global Slavery Index estimates that there are about 407,000 people enduring modern slavery in the Democratic Republic of Congo. …
Nigerian women lured and exploited in Ivory Coast by the thousands
Thousands of Nigerian women and girls, some as young as 13, are being trafficked to towns and cities in Ivory …
Carrying the Olympic Torch: the end of a modern slavery survivor’s journey
In what would have once been only a dream, Mohammed Zaman, a survivor of modern slavery, carried the Olympic torch …
Profits and Poverty: The Economics of Forced Labor
US$236 billion. This is the obscene level of annual profit generated from forced labour in the world today. This figure …
Trafficking and the Olympics: the true cost of the games
We explore the French authorities’ “social cleansing” efforts to project a polished image for Paris 2024, and how they have …