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COVID-19 Measures Likely to Lead to an Increase in Migrant Smuggling and Human Trafficking in Longer Term
May 20, 2020

COVID-19 Measures Likely to Lead to an Increase in Migrant Smuggling and Human Trafficking in Longer Term

COVID-19 travel and movement restrictions are not stopping the movement of people fleeing conflict, human rights abuses, violence and dangerous …

May 20, 2020

Domestic Workers Face Economic Devastation During the COVID-19 Pandemic

As much of the country has begun working at home for some unknown period of time, the very people we …

Tesco Modern Slavery Statement
May 20, 2020

Tesco Modern Slavery Statement

The UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 (the ‘Act’) requires businesses to state the actions they have taken during the financial …

Food Chains
May 20, 2020

Food Chains

FOOD CHAINS exposes the abuses rampant in farm labor in the United States and reveals the forces behind that exploitation …

Tracking Modern Slavery in the Fishing Industry
May 13, 2020

Tracking Modern Slavery in the Fishing Industry

Forced labor—a form of modern slavery—is rampant in the fishing industry. “It can come as debt bondage,” says Irina Bukharin, …

Traffickers Could Profit When UK Eases Lockdown, Anti-Slavery Chief Warns
May 13, 2020

Traffickers Could Profit When UK Eases Lockdown, Anti-Slavery Chief Warns

Britain must be vigilant against human traffickers when it eases the coronavirus lockdown, the country’s anti-slavery chief said, warning of …

Modern Anti-Slavery and Transparent Supply Chains: Building Back Free-er After Crises
May 13, 2020

Modern Anti-Slavery and Transparent Supply Chains: Building Back Free-er After Crises

As global enterprises grapple with the impacts of the current unprecedented pandemic, the most vulnerable workers and communities in their …

Greenpeace Briefing on Taiwan for the US Department of Labor 2020 List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor
May 13, 2020

Greenpeace Briefing on Taiwan for the US Department of Labor 2020 List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor

Last December, Greenpeace and 23 additional NGOs, trade unions, and businesses sent a letter to the US Department of Labor, …

Protecting People in a Pandemic
May 13, 2020

Protecting People in a Pandemic

In responding to COVID-19 many have adopted the rallying cry of “we are all in this together”. But the stark …

The Latino Face of Human Trafficking and Exploitation in the United States
May 13, 2020

The Latino Face of Human Trafficking and Exploitation in the United States

In 2017, Polaris released its seminal report, The Typology of Modern Slavery, which for the first time identified and described …