Featured Reports

Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner’s annual report

2024 to 2025

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The Interpreter: Tackling forced labour in Malaysia begins with re-examining its migration model, 23 May 2025

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Open Democracy: What helps practitioners listen to their critics? An interview with Nick Grono (Walk Free Foundation), 21 May 2025

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RestOfWorld.org: AI scam factories force trafficked workers to defraud global victims, 20 May 2025

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Policy Updates and Analysis

The Hindu: Bangladeshi migrant workers in Malaysia seek unpaid wages from supplier to Japanese companies, 22 May 2025

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RTE: Calls for more political attention on human trafficking in Ireland, 21 May 2025

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The Deccan Herald: 'Boundaries between pornography and human trafficking': Sweden bans buying sexual acts online, affecting OnlyFans, 20 May 2025

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CTN: House Votes To Add Protections For Victims Of Human Trafficking, Sex Assault, 15 May 2025

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United Kingdom and Ireland

The Headlines

Doughty Street Chambers: Acquittal for modern slaves found in cannabis farm, 21 May 2025

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BBC News: Illegal immigrant jailed for cannabis farm, 20 May 2025

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The Guardian: UK-based people smuggler jailed for 25 years over Mediterranean crossings, 20 May 2025

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LBC: Tristan and Andrew Tate 'will be extradited to Britain following Romanian trial' over rape and human trafficking charges, 20 May 2025

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Open Democracy: Ten years on, have we moved Beyond Trafficking and Slavery? 19 May 2025

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England

• South Yorkshire: Modern slavery: 72 potential victims discovered in just three months in South Yorkshire. Read more.

  
  

Ireland

• Dublin: Gardaí lead multi-agency operation to identify potential victims of human trafficking. Read more.

  
  

Europe

• Greece: Three arrested in Thessaloniki for trafficking Colombian woman. Read more.

  
  

• Finland: Finnish mother suspected of aggravated human trafficking into Syria. Read more.

  
  

• Belarus: Belarus, UAE to joint efforts to combat human trafficking. Read more.

Africa

• Kenya, Ethiopia: Will security operations halt Kenya-Ethiopia cross-border crimes? Read more.

  
  

Asia and Oceania

• Cambodia, Indonesia: Cambodia, Indonesia strengthen joint efforts to fight transnational crime. Read more.

  
  

• Oman: Oman urges vigilance against human trafficking. Read more.

  
  

• Pakistan: Ministry of Interior dismisses claims terming Thailand as hub of human trafficking. Read more.

  
  

Latin America and Caribbean

• Colombia, Panama: Monitoring in motion for migrants in the Darien Gap. Read more.

  
  

• Mexico: Report: Child Migrants Face Violence on Mexico Border. Read more.

North America

• USA, New York: Live Updates: Cassie Questioned by Sean Combs’s Lawyers as Sex-Trafficking Trial Continues. Read more.