Weekly News Roundup from Across the Web

06/12/2024

Featured Report

Double Edged Swords: The Role of Technology in Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling.

The Thomson Reuters Institute launches the new Human Rights Crimes Resource Center.

The Headlines

Home Office to give refugees more time to find housing.

Modern slavery in the UK fishing sector.

I was forced to work unpaid and never let out of the house. Modern slavery is all around us in the UK.

Regional Stories

England

Durham: Illegal vapes found behind fake wall in shop. Read the full report here.
Lancaster: Calls for urgent policy action as research reveals real extent of human trafficking. Read the full report here.
Liverpool: 'Modern slavery is a global issue' - Liverpool John Moores University. Read the full report here.

Scotland

Aberdeen: Five in court facing human trafficking allegations. Read the full report here.

Greece

A journalistic investigation has revealed that the Greek authorities were aware that the nine people who they imprisoned for almost a year on charges relating to one of the Mediterranean’s deadliest shipwreck were not members of a human trafficking network. Read the full report here.
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Greece failed to identify sex trafficking victims in migrant center, UN expert alleges. Read the full report here.
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UN expert voices alarm over failures to protect victims of trafficking on Greece's Samos island. Read the full report here.
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Greece dismantles sex trafficking ring targeting Colombian women. Read the full report here.

Netherlands: Netherlands still doing too little to protect children from exploitation. Read more.
North Macedonia: Local Heroes: Fighting Human Trafficking in North Macedonia. Read more.

Australia: Australia’s refugee policies risk fueling modern slavery as Albanese Government and Dutton Opposition push controversial bills. Read more.
Australia; Australia needs stronger modern slavery laws to protect workers and businesses. Read more.
Cambodia: Cambodia jails 13 pregnant Filipino surrogates. Read more
Cambodia: 13 women convicted in Cambodia of acting as surrogates for foreign clients. Read more.
Indonesia: 'Modern slavery': Indonesians in clutches of scam syndicates. Read more.
Malaysia: AI and the new era of human trafficking — Haezreena Begum Abdul Hamid. Read more.
Philippines: DOJ: Harry Roque in ‘Abu Dhabi,’ refutes human trafficking raps. Read more.
Uzbekistan: Treasury sanctions 3 in Uzbekistan for abusing children in orphanage. Read more.

Colombia : Colombia moves closer to banning child marriage to protect vulnerable girls and fight modern slavery. Read more
Guatemala: UK project supports girls in vulnerable conditions. Read more.
Peru: From Lima to Washington: U.S. Embassy Sponsors Peruvian Youth Tackling Narcotics and Human Trafficking. Read more

USA: The forgotten’: San Francisco’s sex-trafficking survivors struggle to repair broken lives. Read more.