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Human rights in focus
Female trafficking survivors in UK forced into unsafe housing, report finds

Large proportion of victims not placed in specialist safe housing, leaving them vulnerable to further exploitation, says charity

Published: 11:28 AM

Human rights in focus
US could become ‘safe haven’ for corporate abusers, activists warn

Campaigners fear supreme court will reinterpret centuries-old law used by foreign victims of human rights violations

Published: 6:00 AM

Exploitation in focus
British woman repeatedly trafficked for sex after Home Office failures

High court judge intervenes to prevent victim of county lines sex exploitation being made street homeless after refusal to find her safe housing

Published: 7:55 AM

Exploitation in focus
'National shame': MP sounds alarm over UK fast fashion factories

Leicester workers allegedly paid £3 an hour in ‘miserable conditions’, with other serious labour abuses suspected in the north-west

Published: 6:00 AM

British hotels accused of 'lack of effort' on forced labour and sexual exploitation

Government urged to bolster anti-slavery legislation after damning review accuses firms of failure to protect workers

Published: 2:00 AM

We can't allow Myanmar’s slavery-tainted shrimp to land on our plates

Aidan McQuade and Yin Nyein

Europe is in talks with Myanmar to begin importing seafood. It cannot ignore the widespread slavery within the industry

Published: 7:25 AM

Published: 7:25 AM

Trafficking in focus
Cyntoia Brown: trafficked, enslaved, jailed for life at 16 – and fighting back

Brown-Long wants her book to highlight the failures of the US juvenile prison system and ‘put a face’ to those behind bars

Published: 6:30 AM

Exploitation in focus
Lawyers challenge UK imports of 'slavery-tainted' Uzbek cotton

Rights team argues preferential tariffs promote goods produced by many thousands of unpaid labourers in Uzbekistan

Published: 6:18 AM

Exploitation in focus
'I'm a victim of slavery but I'm just seen as an immigration problem'

Nancy Esiovwa says the five years since she escaped slavery have been as traumatic as her captivity. Now she is fighting the Home Office in court

Published: 4:00 AM

Sold: the business of sex trafficking
The living hell of young girls enslaved in Bangladesh's brothels

Sold by traffickers, enslaved for years and raped many times a day … this is the life of tens of thousands of underage girls in Bangladesh. We hear their stories.

Published: 10:33 AM

Exploitation in focus
Home Office withdraws 'nonsensical' limit on support for slavery victims

‘Cliff-edge drop’ in support after 45 days to be replaced by system tailored to individual needs

Published: 8:19 AM

Exploitation in focus
Major tuna brands failing to tackle slavery in Pacific supply chains – report

Research shows only four of biggest companies in £17bn industry said they conducted due diligence specifically to uncover abuses

Published: 9:43 AM

Exploitation in focus
High court suspends Home Office policy limiting support for slavery victims

Judge rules that stopping access to safe housing, counselling and financial assistance after 45 days risks ‘irreparable harm’

Published: 1:02 PM

Home Office limit on support for slavery victims may be unlawful, court rules

Judge orders immediate extension to safe housing, counselling and financial support beyond existing 45-day threshold

Published: 3:00 AM

First slavery 'super-complaint' accuses police of fuelling victims' trauma

Report into police response in England and Wales found failure to handle cases sensitively hinders prosecution of traffickers

Published: 6:37 AM

The briefing
One in 200 people is a slave. Why?

It affects more than 40 million people worldwide – more than at any other time in history

Published: 2:46 AM

'Surprising' choice: police chief Sara Thornton tipped to be anti-slavery tsar

MPs raise fears over unconfirmed appointment that reflects focus on law enforcement rather than victims

Published: 10:37 AM

Slavery in Britain: the photographer documenting the streets where people have been held

About 13,000 people are kept in slavery in the UK. Amy Romer’s book The Dark Figure* reveals the terrifying ordinariness of the sites of their captivity

Published: 12:00 PM

The Indian village where child sexual exploitation is the norm

Poverty and caste discrimination mean that children in Sagar Gram are being groomed by their own families for abuse

Published: 1:00 AM

'When you rescue a trafficked child it's like saving a life'

Despite challenges, efforts to help the huge number of children trafficked on India’s railway system are proving increasingly successful

Published: 12:00 AM

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