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Supply chain transparency is important, but countries like Australia also must do more to support the justice process, such as securing compensation for fishermen and putting traffickers in jail.
Migrant fishermen from Myanmar on a Thai fishing boat unloading fish at a jetty in Samut Sakhon province.
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When illegal fishing is misrepresented, it leads to poor investments and misguided policies that don’t help the actual problem.
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In north India, there is a particular history of purchasing brides from other states. We tell just some of their stories here.
Zimbabwean migrants illegally cross Into South Africa.
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The militarisation of borders and securitisation of migration have always failed to stop irregular migration.
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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.
Without a trace.
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Airbnb now has 7m listings in more than 100,000 cities, making it larger than the eight biggest hotel groups combined.
There are often many borders to cross, each bringing potentially fatal risks.
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The 39 migrants who froze to death in a lorry crossing the channel join hundreds more who have died trying to get into Europe over land.
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.
Female sex offenders may not receive as much public attention or scorn as male sex offenders.
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Between 1% and 9% of sex offenders are female. Many are ‘co-offenders,’ recruiting and manipulating victims for others.
A law enforcement guide to human trafficking sits on a table at a drop-in center for victims of sex trafficking in Washington.
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Jeffrey Epstein may be the current face of sex trafficking, but buying and selling youth for sex is a common practice in the US.
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.
Child sex trafficking affects more than one million children worldwide, many of whom are left to suffer in silence.
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Sex trafficking is the most common form of human trafficking. Globally, an estimated 4.8 million people are forced into sexual exploitation.
Hotels and motels along major highways are common spots for sex trafficking.
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While there’s still a great deal that is unknown about sex trafficking, research studies and nonprofits have been able to gather telling data on this industry’s victims and perpetrators.
Trafficking is a very real threat for kids in Nigeria.
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An investigation into the recruiting strategies of traffickers and their networks could be helpful in arresting this menace.
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?
Trump has signed a law aimed at curbing sex trafficking.
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Governments should heed the expertise of the grassroots nonprofits that witness this scourge firsthand.
Hotels and motels along major highways are common spots for sex trafficking.
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New England Patriots CEO Robert Kraft’s criminal charges in a suspected sex trafficking case draw new attention to this illicit underground economy.
Burmese fishermen raise their hands as they are asked who among them wants to go home. Human trafficking sometimes occurs in the seafood industry.
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Estimates of modern slavery vary widely, whether they try to pin down numbers in the U.S., across the globe or just in certain industries.