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Walk Free, Thailand repatriates 260 human traffickingsurvivors from Myanmar in crackdown on forced labour, 17/02/2025
Chatham House: How conflict in Libya facilitated transnational expansion of migrant smuggling and trafficking, 21/02/2025
Vatican News: Nigeria: Must I be trafficked before I can be helped? 13 February, 13/02/2025
Lexology: Forced labour allegations against Dyson: implications for UK companies with global supply chains, 17/02/2025 |
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Policy Updates and Analysis |
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Modern Slavery Policy and Evidence Centre: Lunchtime seminar: Forced labour import bans, 20/02/2025
The Hindu: Deportations from U.S. put spotlight on human trafficking syndicates, 20/02/2025
Public Law Project: ‘Punishing the Victim’: How the UK’s broken asylum system fails the people it should protect, 20/02/2025
Relief Web: Study on Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants in the Context of the Displacement caused by the War in Ukraine [EN/UK], 19/02/2025
HelenBamber.org: Albanians seeking protection and mental health , January 2025 |
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The Headlines
The Independent: Judge accused of trafficking woman to UK ‘told police she had diplomatic immunity’, 18/02/2025
The Big Issue: UK immigration policy is stuck in a race to the bottom – with human traffickers the only winners, 19/02/2025
Nottingham University Institute for Policy and Engagement: Advancing the fight against modern slavery through evidence-based research at the University of Nottingham, 20/02/2025
Doughty Street Chambers: High Court judgment on MSVCC re-entry for survivor of modern slavery, 19/02/2025
Modern Slavery PEC: Identifying child criminal exploitation in Northern Ireland, February 2025 |
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England - Wolverhampton: Trio detained in human trafficking and county lines probe. Read more.
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Scotland - Dundee: Police Scotland arrest two in human trafficking and county lines probe. Read more.
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- 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: Who is Andrew Tate? The self-proclaimed misogynist influencer. Read more.
- Turkey, Georgia and Northern Cyprus: Wombs for Hire: Inside Europe’s Underground Surrogacy Networks. Read more.
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- 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.
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- Bangladesh: The vicious cycle pushing Bangladeshi climate migrants into modern slavery. Read more.. 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.
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- Colombia: Colombia bans child marriage to protect vulnerable girls and combat modern slavery. 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.
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- 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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