Computer chip and circuit board factory, Jiangxi, China.
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Workers further down supply chains are being left destitute and exposed to exploitation.
South African corporates ignore exploitative business practices to get their products onto spaza shelves.
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Informal retailers that dot South Africa’s townships have changed dramatically, but at great cost - avoidance of regulation and exploitation of employees.
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There are no criminal provisions around slavery in 49% of world nations, groundbreaking new legal research finds.
A drugs raid in London.
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Police should take a wider view to join the dots that link the networks behind slavery and drugs.
The lorry containing the bodies of 39 Chinese migrants found in Grays in Essex, England.
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After the death of 39 people in a container found on the back of a lorry in Essex, England, there are indications of exploitation on the rise.
Modern slavery is pervasive in global supply chains.
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Combat modern slavery by spending your money in places that take the issue seriously.
Beninese children play football in Bohicon.
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The real cost of footballs transfer markets: how fake agents traffic African boys with dreams of playing in Europe’s biggest leagues.
Target, Cotton On, Jeanswest, Dangerfield, IKEA and H&M are among the brands in Australia sourcing cotton from Xinjiang.
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The prospect of China using forced labour to supply foreign companies highlights the importance of modern slavery laws.
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Rather than requiring companies to ensure a living wage for their global supply chain workforce, the Modern Slavery Act ends up punishing them.
Many instances of slavery or exploitation start with the promise of a reasonably paying job in Australia.
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While some may not believe slavery and human trafficking happen in Australia, the unpalatable truth is that they do. Here are four examples of what they can look like.
The victim-offender overlap is disturbingly common in the human trafficking trade, with women once trafficked becoming traffickers.
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Many trafficked victims are female. But what happens when the perpetrator is also female, and was once a victim herself?
Consumers should ask: “who made my clothes” so that they remember the modern slavery conditions imposed on many garment workers.
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Fashion Revolution week puts a spotlight on the modern slavery conditions of the fashion industry and encourages fashion consumers to ask, “who made my clothes.”
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Global capitalist pressures on labour markets and the search for cheaper workers can lead to slavery.
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Consumers are only benefitting from cheap clothes at considerable cost to the environment and by exploitation of a poor, vulnerable garment workers.
Tracking the journey of tuna from the seas around Thailand to Australian supermarket shelves shows modern slavery is a pervasive problem.
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Just one brand of tinned tuna in Australian supermarkets is able to confidently claim slavery was not involved in its supply.
Modern slaves are not kept in literal chains, but this does not justify being oblivious to it. Consumers should care about how a product is made.
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Hidden slavery is a growing global problem but we continue to turn a blind eye and embrace a seemingly insatiable demand for fast, cheap goods and services.
Soon we’ll have a much better idea of what we are buying, and companies will be shamed into sourcing products better.
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Soon we’ll have a better idea of what we are buying. There are no penalties, but “naming and shaming” might make Australia’s Modern Slavery Act work.
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When it comes to tackling unacceptable forms of work, lessons can be learned from the global South.
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The long shadows of Cambodia’s edifices of wealth and progress conceal a deeper darkness.
Globalised fishing can leave workers vulnerable to exploitation.
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A lack of sustainability, profitability and transparency in the global fishing industry is exacerbating the problem of slave-like working conditions for crew. Here are the warning signs to look out for.