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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.
Combat modern slavery by spending your money in places that take the issue seriously.
The real cost of footballs transfer markets: how fake agents traffic African boys with dreams of playing in Europe’s biggest leagues.
The prospect of China using forced labour to supply foreign companies highlights the importance of modern slavery laws.
Rather than requiring companies to ensure a living wage for their global supply chain workforce, the Modern Slavery Act ends up punishing them.
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.
Many trafficked victims are female. But what happens when the perpetrator is also female, and was once a victim herself?
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."
Global capitalist pressures on labour markets and the search for cheaper workers can lead to slavery.
Consumers are only benefitting from cheap clothes at considerable cost to the environment and by exploitation of a poor, vulnerable garment workers.
Just one brand of tinned tuna in Australian supermarkets is able to confidently claim slavery was not involved in its supply.
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 better idea of what we are buying. There are no penalties, but "naming and shaming" might make Australia's Modern Slavery Act work.
When it comes to tackling unacceptable forms of work, lessons can be learned from the global South.
The long shadows of Cambodia’s edifices of wealth and progress conceal a deeper darkness.
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.
Most hand car wash workers are subject to some form of labour exploitation, says new report
Slavery still exists and it happens in plain sight.
The Modern Slavery Bill before the Senate is touted as 'smart legislation', because it asks for information rather than imposes penalties, but it mightn't be enough.
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Professor of Business and Society, University of Bath
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Lecturer in Contemporary Slavery, Wilberforce Institute, University of Hull
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Professor & Director, Marine Futures Lab, University of Western Australia
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PhD Candidate and Teacher - RMIT Centre for Global Research & School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
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Associate Professor of Marketing and Business Ethics, University of Western Australia
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Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney
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PhD Candidate in Law, University of Western Australia
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Emeritus Professor of Social Justice, University of Hull
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Professor in Sustainable Tourism, Wakayama University
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Sheffield
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Professor, Head of Sustainable Consumption and Clothing Sustainability research groups, Nottingham Trent University
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Politics, University of Liverpool
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Senior Research Associate, Jesus College, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Psychology, University of Westminster
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Senior Lecturer, Law School, University of Western Australia
