Human trafficking
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‘My mother spent her life trying to find me’: the children who say they were wrongly taken for adoption
For years, Bibi Hasenaar felt rejected because she was adopted aged four. Then she saw a photo that described …
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‘I trusted him’: human trafficking surges in cyclone-hit east India
Poverty-stricken women and girls are being tricked and abducted in West BengalAnima was just 13 when the traff…
- Global development, Human trafficking, India, Law, Sex trafficking, Society, South and Central Asia, Violence against women and girls, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Young girls being sold in India to repay loans, says human rights body
Notice issued to Rajasthan state government demanding police inquiry into ‘abominable’ practiceYoung girls in …
- Africa, Bangladesh, Europe, Human trafficking, Middle East and North Africa, Migration, Pakistan, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Syria, World news, Yemen
Spain urged to act over ‘shameful’ toll of migrants dying en route to country
‘Catastrophic’ year at Spanish borders with 2,087 dead or missing on sea crossings in six months to JuneSpain …
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The baby-selling scheme: poor pregnant Marshall Islands women lured to the US
Dozens of women from the Pacific island victims of brazen trafficking ring that operated for years Rolson Pric…
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Essex lorry deaths: Vietnam jails four for ‘brokering illegal emigration’
Prison sentences range from two-and-a-half years and seven-and-a-half years for role in 2019 operation in whic…
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Samoan chief who enslaved villagers sentenced to 11 years in New Zealand
New Zealand-based Joseph Auga Matamata used 13 of his countrymen as slaves over a quarter of centuryA New Zeal…
- Coronavirus outbreak, Global development, Human trafficking, India, Inequality and development, Infectious diseases, Nutrition and development, Poverty, Prostitution, Sex trade, South and Central Asia, World news
‘They are starving’: women in India’s sex industry struggle for survival
Exclusion from government Covid-19 relief has left many reliant on private food donations, as fears raised ove…
- Bangladesh, Coronavirus outbreak, Global development, Global health, Human trafficking, Prostitution, Sex trade, South and Central Asia, World news
Bangladesh sends food aid to sex workers as industry goes into lockdown
Up to 100,000 women could be left unable to support families as brothels are closed amid fears of Covid-19 out…
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Slavery in New Zealand: inside the story of the Samoan chief who abused power for profit
Joseph Auga Matamata lured villagers to his adoptive country promising work and study, reaping ‘bags of cash’ …
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Samoan chief found guilty of enslaving villagers in New Zealand over 25 years
Joseph Auga Matamata, who brought people to Hastings where they were forced to work without pay and subjected …
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What does your £10 manicure really cost? The unvarnished truth about nail bars
Are vulnerable young Vietnamese people being routinely trafficked into the UK to work in cut-price nail salons…
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Vietnamese migrants face treacherous journey on the way to UK
Case of two teenagers taken in by social services reaffirms plight of young people attempting to escape povert…
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US woman charged with trying to smuggle baby out of Philippines
Jennifer Erin Talbot arrested at Manila airport after allegedly hiding newborn in sling bagAn American woman h…