Indian schoolgirl wins bravery award for thwarting trafficker
Chennai, India Thomson Reuters Foundation An Indian schoolgirl who won a bravery award after she helped a child escape a trafficker, is to become the inspiration for a new anti-slavery campaign, officials said on Tuesday. Carolyn Malsawmtluangi, from the north-eastern state of Mizoram, was honoured by the government on India’s Republic Day last week for […]
Senegal launches online database to track the traffickers
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation A new online database of human trafficking cases will help Senegal crack down on a rampant crime that is little understood, highlighting hotspots and profiling crooks in a bid to curb the growing trade in people, the government said last week. The ‘Systraite’ system will collect information on victims, convictions, traffickers […]
UK truck deaths reignite calls to tackle nail bar slavery
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation The deaths of 39 migrants found in a refrigerated truck in Britain has reignited calls for efforts to tackle slavery in the nail bar sector, a common destination for trafficked Vietnamese. Most of the people discovered in the truck are believed to be from Vietnam, one of the top source countries […]
“Global ring” involved in smuggling 39 found dead in UK truck, court told
Chelmsford, UK Reuters A court heard on Monday that a global ring had been involved in smuggling the 39 people whose bodies were found in a truck near London, as the driver faced charges of manslaughter and people-trafficking. The discovery of the bodies last week in a refrigerated truck on an industrial estate near London […]
Postcards: In Kenya, women trafficked from South Asia to dance in Bollywood-style bars
NITA BHALLA, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Kenya…
Fear of authorities, deportation is silencing trafficking victims, US group says
New York City, US Thomson Reuters Foundation Reports of human trafficking in the United States hit a record high last year but calls about labor trafficking dropped, according to research on Tuesday that also said immigrants and minorities are likely to be afraid to speak up. Calls to a national hotline totaled nearly 11,000 in […]
Chinese police rescue hundreds of trafficked women
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThomson Reuters Foundation China rescued more than 1,100 women trafficked into the country, many of them sold as brides, in a joint operation with South-East Asian countries, police said in a statement on Friday. Seventeen children were among those rescued in raids carried out with officers from Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand […]
Indian police rescue suspected Rohingya victims of trafficking
New DelhiThomson Reuters Foundation A dozen Rohingya refugees, including teenagers, have been rescued from a suspected human trafficking operation, police in India said on Monday, after the group entered the country from Bangladesh without valid travel documents. Acting on a tip-off from local charities, police in the north-eastern state of Mizoram raided the house of […]
Essay: Fact check – how many people are enslaved in the world today?
In an article first published on The Conversation, MONTI DATTA, of the University of Richmond in the US, surveys the data on slavery…
Essay: Dozens of migrants disappear in Mexico as Central American caravan pushes northward
In an article first published on The Conversation, LUIS GÓMEZ ROMERO, of Australia’s University of Wollongong, takes a look at why members of the “human caravan” of Central American migrants may not wish to remain in Mexico…