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Is your perfect holiday gift costing of someone’s freedom?
Most holiday shoppers assume the items available in their local stores have been vetted in some way so they are …
Separation and detention in the US for families with trafficking claims
Families in US immigration detention with pending trafficking-related claims report escalating pressure to abandon legal protections and accept deportation. Throughout …
New forced labor and child labor charges for tech giant Apple
A new lawsuit has been lodged against Apple by a US advocacy group alleging minerals linked to labor exploitation and …
Unaccompanied children who fled armed groups now face trafficking danger in Sudan
Hundreds of children escaping the assault on El Fasher have arrived alone in Tawila, a town already overwhelmed by displacement. …
America’s farm fields filled with a silent workforce
Hazardous child labor in California’s agricultural sector is enabled by weak enforcement and hostile immigration policy. Across the state’s fields, …
The global garment industry built on gendered exploitation
The global garment manufacturing workforce is 60-80% women. Thus, labor rights protections in the sector, or the lack of them, …
100 years later, the Slavery Convention remains crucial as slavery continues to evolve
Slavery continues to evolve, shifting into new forms that remain hidden across global industries. Though a century has passed since …
Critical report addressing trafficking epidemic of Indigenous peoples eliminated by US government
The disappearance of a federally mandated report to address high numbers of Indigenous deaths, disappearances, and trafficking has exposed a …
UN warns of exploitation and debt bondage as stranded migrants board flight to Malaysia
Sixty Bangladeshi migrants boarded a flight to Malaysia this week through the Bangladesh Overseas Employment and Services Limited (BOESL) program. …
Hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped in Nigeria as campaign of terror continues
In a hauntingly familiar narrative, 315 Nigerian schoolgirls have been forcibly taken at gunpoint from their school by armed insurgents. …