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Bonded labor, also known as debt bondage or debt slavery, is a form of labor in which a person is forced to work to pay off a debt. This practice is illegal in many countries, including the United States, as it is considered a form of modern-day slavery. Bonded labor often occurs in developing countries, where it is used as a means of securing cheap labor. In some cases, people may be tricked or coerced into accepting a loan, only to find out later that the terms of the loan are impossible to fulfill and that they are effectively trapped in a cycle of debt. This practice can have devastating effects on individuals and their families, as they are often forced to work long hours under dangerous or exploitative conditions in order to pay off their debt.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – For the first time in the 10 years since the task force designed to prevent and prosecute human trafficking was formed, the state’s General Assembly approved adding funding for it from the state’s budget. A recurring financial appropriation will provide $1.7 million per year for the South Carolina Human Trafficking Task…
The Outlaw Ocean podcast, created and produced by The Ocean Outlaw Project, is a seven-part weekly series that launched on September 26th, 2022 and is hosted by Pulitzer-price-winning journalist Ian Urbina. It sheds light on one of the few remaining frontiers on our planet: the world’s oceans. It looks into a gritty and lawless realm rarely…
KARACHI: The provincial and the federal governments should take steps to protect and rehabilitate landless peasants and farmworkers who lost their crops, wages, cattle and houses during rains and floods. Already living under the poverty line, the peasants and farmworkers devastated by floods have become easy prey of greedy landlords and bonded labour contractors, said…
opinionPublished on Oct 12, 2022 07:29 PM IST Child labour is inherently complex in India and requires the government and industry to work together, with civil society liaisoning with the State, to ensure that the supply chain is free of children, while also focusing on rehabilitation post-rescue. ByAnindit Roy Chowdhury Thirteen-year-old Aastha lives in a…
The term modern slavery is increasingly making an appearance in all walks of life, from journalist headlines, corporate releases, and of course in the investment world. What does it mean and how is it presenting itself in our societies? What does it mean to investors and what are we doing to combat it? Monday, October…
Forget drugs. Mexico’s cartels make more money trafficking PEOPLE across the border nowadays, using debt bondage to earn $13 billion from migrants’ earnings long after they enter the US, warns Texas ex-lawman Mexican gangs have undergone a ‘tectonic shift’ in operations, says Jaeson Jones Thanks to lax US border security, there’s more money to be made…
The trial of seven Chinese nationals arrested for alleged human trafficking and child labour was on Monday postponed in the High Court in Johannesburg to Friday next week as the court tries to secure a Mandarin interpreter. “It emerged in court that the previous interpreter spoke Cantonese and the accused were battling to follow proceedings…
Although slavery was formally abolished more than 140 years ago in most countries, there still exists a modern slavery that feeds on vulnerability. It is enabled by unemployment, lack of education and other cultural and social factors, to which must be added the increasingly interlocking incidence of political and religious conflict, territorial displacement and humanitarian…
Dyson has vowed to fight an “opportunistic” lawsuit alleging that the company knowingly used forced labour at a factory in Malaysia. A High Court claim by 24 Bangladeshi and Nepalese migrants who worked for one of the company’s ex-contractors seeks compensation for alleged negligence, false imprisonment and “unjust enrichment”. It said the workers were victims…
What is sex trafficking? Sex trafficking is the act of forcing or deceiving an individual into prostitution. Victims may be coerced into prostitution for an unknown period of time, while in other cases victims are coerced in prostitution until a debt is paid off, otherwise known as debt bondage. How does sex trafficking work? Sex…
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