TheGuardian.com: Children missing from Home Office hotels likely to have been trafficked, report finds
Scores of asylum-seeking children are still missing from the UK’s Home Office hotels as a new report reveals that many are likely to have been trafficked.
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UN News: From desperation to determination: Indonesian trafficking survivors demand justice
Working abroad can be a way for Indonesians to earn much more than they could at home, and provide for their families. However, for some the journey can turn into a nightmare, with long hours, wages withheld, and abuse. The UN is working closely with the government to help bring trafficked workers home.
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Reuters.com: Legal Breakingviews Technology Investigations More My News Feedback Southeast Asia human trafficking now a global crisis, Interpol says
SINGAPORE, March 27 (Reuters) – Organised crime rings who fuelled an “explosion” of human trafficking and cyber scam centres during the pandemic have expanded from Southeast Asia into a global network making up to $3 trillion a year, the head of Interpol said on Wednesday.
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CNN Freedom Project: Children in Brazil are climbing 70-foot-high trees so you can eat açaí berries
At the port of Igarapé da Fortaleza, in the far north of Brazil, dock workers unload large orange-red sacks from small wooden boats. Small dark berries scatter around the dock, staining everything purple and making the pavement slippery. After being washed, processed, and blended, each sack will make about five gallons of açaí pulp that will go into bowls, smoothies, and freeze-dried supplements.
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CNN: U.N. report: “Convincing information” hostages were sexually abused
Isa Soares speaks with U.N. Special Rep. on sexual violence in conflict, and head of the report, Pramila Patten, about the report on sexual violence in the Israel-Hamas war.
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Hetq.am: Indian Migrants: The Armenian Dream
Indian migrant workers are coming to Armenia in increasing numbers. They pay large sums to agents and have high hopes for their future. But difficult conditions await them. Those profiting aren’t the migrant workers but others.
Source: https://hetq.am/en/article/164493
A foreigner received 12 years in prison in Georgia for trafficking
Three victims were deprived of their passports and forced into prostitution․
The Zestafoni District Court found the foreigner guilty of human trafficking and sentenced him to 12 years in prison, the press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office of Georgia reported.
Օnmanorama.com։ A passage to Europe: Malayali job seekers who fall prey to conmen end up in misery in Armenia
A youth hailing from Pattambi in Palakkad district of Kerala started his journey to Europe in search of better prospects six months ago.
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Aljazeera.com: In Sierra Leone, climate change worsens human trafficking of the poor
Sierra Leone’s poorest communities have long been prey to human traffickers. Climate change is making things worse.
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