カテゴリー: Slavery
Rules intended to protect domestic workers have only made them more vulnerable to exploitation and abuse, say activistsAmita* knew she had to escape. After five months of being assaulted, starved and being forced to work for 20 hours a day as a domesti…
Are vulnerable young Vietnamese people being routinely trafficked into the UK to work in cut-price nail salons? Amelia Gentleman joins a police raid on one shop suspected of involvement in exploitationOnline reviews for this small south-London nail bar…
About 60% of those rescued last year were women, often trafficked for seafood industry or sex tradeThailand rescued a record 1,807 victims of human trafficking last year, according to data that campaigners on Monday said raised concerns about the natio…
Australian federal police say livestreaming of children performing sexual acts marks ‘alarming shift’ Australian paedophiles are paying as little as A$15 for children to perform sexual acts online while being filmed in the Philippines, according to the…
Illegally trafficked migrants will stay silent if police continue to report victims to Home OfficeIn January 2018, a terrified 18-year-old Vietnamese man walked into a police station in London and told police that he had spent five years being traffick…
Campaign accused of ignoring colonial abuses when setting out maritime industries’ futureHistorians and academics have labelled a new government campaign “tone deaf” and “historically illiterate” for using images of ships used for slavery and colonisat…
6 September 1921: A court heard at Liverpool today, where 13 Chinese were facing deportation, that smuggling was carried out in a systematic mannerLiverpool, Monday.Disclosures as to the systematic manner in which Chinamen are smuggled into Great Brita…