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Central Illinois prosecutors & advocates raise human trafficking awareness – Wand TV
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Central Illinois prosecutors & advocates raise human trafficking awareness – Wand TV

ByEyes on Trafficking News

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) — U.S. Attorney for the Central District of Illinois, Greg Harris, says human trafficking is a $150-billion dollar business worldwide. But it’s not just a big city problem, its happening right here in central Illinois. “It’s not just the big city, it’s the small towns, it’s the rural areas. It’s really everywhere,…

Chang says collaboration critical for region's security | Caribbean – Jamaica Gleaner
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Chang says collaboration critical for region's security | Caribbean – Jamaica Gleaner

ByEyes on Trafficking News

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council for National Security and Law Enforcement (CONSOLE), Dr Horace Chang, says the region must continue to share information and intelligence particularly as it relates to firearms trafficking, cyber security, trafficking in persons and maritime security. Addressing the 24th CONSOLE meeting that ends later on Friday,…

Forced Cotton-Picking Earns Uzbekistan Shameful Spot In 'Slavery Index'
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Forced Cotton-Picking Earns Uzbekistan Shameful Spot In 'Slavery Index'

ByEyes on Trafficking News

A new report on global slavery ranks Uzbekistan and Pakistan among the five worst offenders in terms of the number of people forced into modern slavery. With its forced labor in the cotton fields, Uzbekistan also was estimated to be the world’s second-worst country when ranked by the prevalence of slavery in proportion to the…

Spotlight on forced labor fashion as Fashion Weeks underway
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Spotlight on forced labor fashion as Fashion Weeks underway

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Fashion Weeks are hitting the runway around the world, but what lies beneath the veneer of glamor? Rampant exploitation of garment workers The fashion industry relies on the exploited labor of workers around the world who make billions of garments every year, the majority of which end up in landfill, for little or no pay…