#21. The Scourge of Human Trafficking in Yemen
Owing to the war launched in 2015 by a US-backed coalition of Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia, Yemen now suffers from “a complete absence” of law and order, which has… The post #21. The Scourge...
View ArticleIs Kamila Valieva a victim of child trafficking?
Even when they are elite athletes and the prize is Olympic gold, exploiting minors is against international law This content originally appeared on openDemocracy RSS and was authored by Aidan McQuade.
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Malcolm X Hit 2022 on the Head
I have people worried that as white writers they will be hit with “cultural appropriation” if they write a novel with characters who are not of their own race. You know the deal — writing about...
View ArticleThis $80 Billion Industry Has A Human Trafficking Problem | Open Secrets
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View ArticleAngolan journalists questioned in criminal defamation complaint over gun...
Two reporters, José Kalembe and Diamantino Sangueve from the Catholic Church-run Radio Ecclésia Huambo, and its director, Father Alberto Java, were questioned by Angolan police on January 6 and 26 as...
View ArticleHuman trafficking in Cambodia nearly doubled in 2021
Human trafficking cases in Cambodia almost doubled in 2021 compared to 2020 because the government was preoccupied with the coronavirus pandemic, a report issued Wednesday by the country’s National...
View ArticleTwo years on £38 a week: life inside the UK’s trafficking support system
Domestic workers inside the National Referral System at risk of new exploitation as they struggle to make ends meet This content originally appeared on openDemocracy RSS and was authored by Jack Barton.
View ArticleTo prevent trafficking in Israel, allow migrants to leave abusive employers
Israel’s National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking is blind to the root causes of exploitation. But there are alternatives This content originally appeared on openDemocracy RSS and was authored...
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US State Department says human trafficking worsened in Cambodia, Vietnam
Human trafficking worsened in Cambodia and Vietnam over the past year, according to a report issued Tuesday by the U.S. State Department, which placed them in its lowest ranking alongside 20 other...
View ArticleUK accused of failing trafficking victims in new US government report
Tories urged to let the findings serve as a ‘wake-up call’ over bill that penalises victims forced to commit crimes This content originally appeared on openDemocracy RSS and was authored by Maysa...
View ArticleFormer trafficking victim from The Gambia works to save others from ‘hell’
A Gambian woman who was tricked into being trafficked to Kuwait in 2015 has shared her story of abuse and subsequent activism, in the hope others will be spared the “hell” she went through. Fatou...
View ArticleTonga stays on US watch list for not doing enough on people trafficking
By Philip Cass of Kaniva News in Auckland Tonga has not done enough to combat people trafficking and will remain on an American watch list, according to the US State Department’s annual report. Since...
View ArticleHuman trafficking rings found after 40 Vietnamese escape from Cambodia casino
Four human trafficking rings have been found operating in provinces and cities across Vietnam following the escape of more than 40 migrant workers from a Chinese-owned casino in Cambodia, Vietnamese...
View ArticleLao couple sentenced to 15 years in prison for human trafficking
A Lao couple who hired young women to work as waitresses and later tried to coerce them into having sex with customers have been sentenced to 15 years in prison and fined 100 million kip ($6,500)...
View ArticleHanoi court sentences six people to a total of 81 years for trafficking children
Hanoi People's Court has sentenced six Vietnamese to a total of 81 years in prison for trafficking children abroad. Ringleader Huynhh Thi Hong and her five accomplices all pleaded guilty at last...
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‘It was Taiwanese who sold Taiwanese:’ Cambodian trafficking ring survivor
Beginning in the second half of 2021, Taiwanese nationals were lured by high-paying jobs to Cambodian scam rings where they were detained, beaten, resold, and otherwise enslaved. According to a rough...
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Mass. Lawmaker Demands Federal Human Trafficking Probe Into DeSantis
Massachusetts state Rep. Dylan Fernandes said Sunday that he has made progress in his push for a federal investigation into Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' decision to send four dozen migrants to Martha's...
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Ron DeSantis’s Immigrant Trafficking Stunt Keeps Looking Weirder and Dumber
Photograph Source: The White House – Public Domain When I wrote my last column on Florida governor Ron DeSantis’s latest scheme to use his state’s treasury as a presidential campaign fund, the whole...
View ArticleBorders & Belonging: Human smuggling or human trafficking? Why the difference...
Politicians blur the difference because it helps them block the flows of all migrants and refugees This content originally appeared on openDemocracy RSS and was authored by openDemocracy RSS.
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Futuro Media Probes Deadly U.S. Border Policy & NY Drug Trafficking Trial of...
In “Death by Policy,” the newly launched investigative unit of Pulitzer Prize-winning Futuro Media reveals how the U.S. Border Patrol’s policies push migrants attempting to cross from Mexico to the...
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