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How EU red tape forces refugee children into the arms of people traffickers

Unaccompanied children arriving in Greece are meant to be reunited with their families. But the process takes so long, many take their chances with smugglers, writes TheGuardians’ correspondent Daniel Howden. Read More

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U.S. says human trafficking report not softened for political reasons

This year’s U.S. State Department human trafficking report was not watered down because of concerns about how it might affect trade deals or diplomatic relations, writes Reuters, citing on State Department officials. Read More

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The world has 21 million slaves – and millions of them live in the west

Between 2003-2011, 2,700 charcoal camp workers in Brazil were liberated from conditions akin to slavery. Seven percent of slaves live in North America or the EU, but the problem is global. We must invest in protocols that work to fight trafficking and exploitation.
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10 ways to recognize modern slavery

One of the biggest obstacles to tackling modern slavery is that it’s often hiding in plain sight. To better understand how that happens, here is a list of ten situations, whish suggests 50forfreedom.org blog to recognize that people are in forced labour.
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Child trafficking: what are we really talking about?

The moral panic over child trafficking detracts from important questions about children and childhood, the state, and immigration. We worry about child trafficking, but what exactly is it? Read More

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The scars of modern slavery: trafficked people with severe mental illness

The phenomenon of human trafficking, the exploitation of one human by another, takes place across the globe and predominately targets women and children, writes an NIHR Post-doctoral Research Fellow in the Oxford University Department of Psychiatry and a consultant in child and adolescent psychiatry in the department of Children’s Psychological Medicine at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Mina Fazel, who presented recently a research “Characteristics of trafficked adults and children with severe mental illness: a historical cohort study” to the #AntiSlaveryDay (This Day falls on 18th of October in UK as another opportunity to host events aimed at drawing attention to the issues of human trafficking and slavery). Read More

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America’s Child Sex Trafficking Victims Would Be Safer Testifying Against the Mafia a State of Emergency

In recent years, street gangs have taken control of America’s child sex trafficking, reports HuffingtonPost. Read More

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IOM, Police College train Ethiopian human trafficking investigators

IOM and the Ethiopian Police University College (EPUC) have jointly organized a five-day training of trainers on the investigation of human trafficking cases in Ethiopia. Read More

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UNODC launches strategy against human trafficking and migrant smuggling in West and Central Africa

UNODC launches strategy against human trafficking and migrant smuggling in West and Central Africa Regional Strategy for Combating Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants in West and Central Africa. Read More

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Nestle’s KitKat to Change Cocoa Supplies to Address Child Labor

Nestle SA said KitKat will become the first global chocolate brand to make all its products with sustainably sourced cocoa as the chocolate industry faces allegations of child labor in the supply of raw materials, writes Bloomberg.
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