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14th February : Weekly News Roundup

Featured Reports

ABC: Trafficking and crime willrise after US foreign aid freeze, experts say, 10/02/2025

France24: Scores of bodies uncovered in Libyan mass graves linked to human trafficking, 09/02/2025

WGBH.org : State Department erases LGBTQ victims from human trafficking report. 07/02/2025

Walk Free: Trump’s foreign aidfreeze disrupts global fight against modern slavery, 05/02/2025

Policy Updates

Homeland Security: Strengthening the Fight Against Human Trafficking: The Critical Need for Data Alignment, Sharing, and True Collaboration, 13/02/2025

Modern Slavery PEC: Are forced labour import bans effective? 12/02/2025

AntiSlavery.org: Analysis of the EU Forced Labour Regulation, 11/02/2025

Walk Free: The Release of the International Criminal Court Office of the Prosecutor’s new Policy on Slavery Crimes, 04/02/2025

Lawsuit Information Center: Sex Trafficking Lawsuits Against Hotels, 01/02/2025

Walk Free: Saudi Arabia becomes first Arab country to launch National Policy on forced labour and worker rights, 31/01/2025

Walk Free: Calls for Modern slavery laws needed to align New Zealand with global standards and protect vulnerable workers, 30/01/2025

United Kingdom and Ireland

The Headlines

labourexploitation.org: Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: Still a Tool for Exploitation, February 2025

Nottingham University Rights Lab: Modern slavery and child labour in Bangladesh's garment sector: Documenting risks and informing solutions, February 2025

England

  • Greater Manchester: Human trafficking arrests follow abattoir raid. Read more.


Republic of Ireland

  • BreakingNews.ie: Human trafficking a real issue in Ireland, MEP says. Read more.

Europe

  • Georgia: Accusations Of Egg-Harvesting Rock Georgian Surrogacy Industry. Read more.


  • Italy: Italy’s intel committee calls for EU strategy on Africa. Read more.


  • Romania: U.S. Woman Sues Tate Brothers, Saying They Lured Her to Romania for Sex Work. Read more.


  • Romania: What to Know About the Accusations Against Andrew Tate. Read more.


  • Turkey, Georgia and Northern Cyprus: Wombs for Hire: Inside Europe’s Underground Surrogacy Networks. Read more.


Africa

  • African Union: Somewhere to call home; the migration dynamics in Africa. Read more.


  • DRC: Historic case by DR Congo against Rwanda kicks off at African court amid conflict in Goma. Read more.


  • DRC: Modern slavery and climate change: how extreme weather fuels forced labour and unwanted marriages. Read more.


  • Ethiopia: Managing Uncertainty: Factors shaping Ethiopian women’s migration decision making. Read more.


  • Ethiopia, Kenya: 138 Ethiopians, 23 Kenyans rescued from Myanmar slave camps. Read more.


  • Kenya: Promises of foreign jobs turned to human trafficking, exploitation nightmares. Read more.


  • Kenya: Tangled in lies: Cases lift lid on Kenya's human trafficking rings. Read more.


  • Libya: Libyan and two foreign nationals arrested for human trafficking in Kufra. Read more.


  • Libya: Scores of bodies uncovered in Libyan mass graves linked to human trafficking. Read more.


  • Malawi: Exposed - Politician Klaus Chikufenji's Dark Web of Human Trafficking and Fraud. Read more.


  • Pan-African Catholic Theology and Pastoral Network: St. Bakhita inspires fight against modern slavery, human trafficking in Africa. Read more.


  • South Africa: Trafficked Indian sailors saved from a ‘dead’ ship in Durban harbour after gruelling ordeal. Read more.


Asia and Oceania

  • Bangladesh: Modern slavery and child labour in Bangladesh's garment sector: Documenting risks and informing solutions. Read more.


  • India: NHRC and HNLU host National Conference on combatting Human Trafficking in the Digital Age. Read more.


  • Myanmar: 261 trafficking victims rescued from Myanmar scam center. Read more.


  • Pakistan: Saad wants Naqvi to focus on human trafficking. Read more.


  • Pakistan: Pakistan says at least 16 nationals died in migrant boat sinking near Libya. Read more.


  • Pakistan: Clampdown at Lahore airport, 2,500 people held for irregular emigration. Read more.


  • Thailand: Thailand receives 260 victims of human trafficking from Myanmar, mostly Ethiopians, army says. Read more.


  • Thailand: Investigation launched into human egg trafficking ring targeting Thai women. Read more.


  • Yemen: From Africa to Saudi Arabia: How human trafficking gangs flourish in Yemen. Read more.


Latin America

  • Haiti: Haiti - FLASH : More than 17,000 Haitians risked their lives in 2024, crossing the Darien jungle. Read more.


  • LATAM: Businesses Beware: Latin America Transactions Likely to be Significantly Riskier Under the Trump Administration. Read more.


  • Peru: Peruvian Police, U.S. Team Up To Rescue 84 Women From Sex Trafficking. Read more.


  • Venezuela: 8 Venezuelan illegal aliens with ties to Tren da Aragua are charged with transnational commercial sex enterprise crimes. Read more.


North America

  • Colorado, USA: Teen dating violence awareness month highlights connection to human trafficking. Read more.


  • New York, USA: R. Kelly's sex trafficking conviction upheld. Read more.


  • Toronto, Canada: TD Bank Group backs program to help human trafficking victims eliminate debt. Read more.


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