Free

Free is a word with many different meanings. It can refer to something that is not subject to any constraints or limitations, such as freedom of speech or freedom from oppression. It can also refer to something that is not bound or tied up, such as a free-flowing river. In the context of economics, free can refer to something that is not subject to any costs or charges, such as a free market or free trade. Free can also refer to something that is not under the control of another person or entity, such as a free agent in professional sports. Finally, free can simply mean not having any value or worth, such as a worthless piece of land.

Americans thought child labor was a travesty ‘over there.’ That myth has been shattered.
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Americans thought child labor was a travesty ‘over there.’ That myth has been shattered.

Child labor in palm oil industry in Southeast Asia tied to Girl Scout cookies In India, I have squatted with kids on towering heaps of smelly trash, helping as they picked through rubbish for the tiny items they think they can sell or use. In Congo, I have knelt at the 2-foot openings of unstable…

How a Canadian Foundation Exposed the Signs of Sex Trafficking | LBBOnline
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How a Canadian Foundation Exposed the Signs of Sex Trafficking | LBBOnline

Did you know that right now, as you are reading this article, someone is being lured into sex trafficking? It’s certainly a grim statistic, and, at the very least, worth a few moments of your time and consideration. But perhaps this will grab your attention just a little longer. Did you know that right now,…

Arizona partners with Native organization to prevent human trafficking
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Arizona partners with Native organization to prevent human trafficking

The program is geared toward developing a curriculum to create awareness and prevention resources on human trafficking and missing and murdered Indigenous People Shondiin Silversmith AZ Mirror As a way to address the unique challenges Indigenous communities face concerning human trafficking, the Arizona Attorney General’s Office has entered into a partnership with the Inter Tribal…

Child Labor Is on the Rise as Republicans See an Answer to Labor Shortages
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Child Labor Is on the Rise as Republicans See an Answer to Labor Shortages

A grim truth underlies U.S. industry: the appalling practice of child labor, widely perceived as an anachronism, is far from a thing of the sooty industrial past. U.S. consumers may have a hazy sense that children labor somewhere in foreign sweatshops to manufacture their goods — but such faraway tragedies are too easily forgotten at…

Organ-trafficking Nigerian politician, wife found guilty
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Organ-trafficking Nigerian politician, wife found guilty

A senior wealthy Nigerian politician, his wife and a medical “middleman” have been found guilty of an organ-trafficking plot, after they brought a 21-year-old man to the UK from Lagos. Senator Ike Ekweremadu, 60, his wife Beatrice, 56, and Dr Obinna Obeta, 50, were convicted of conspiring to exploit the man for his kidney, in…

Western Cape reporting the highest number of human trafficking cases, new research shows
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Western Cape reporting the highest number of human trafficking cases, new research shows

Cape Town – A new research report – compiled by the South African Anti-Money Laundering Integrated Task Force (Samlit) – on modern slavery and human trafficking titled Follow the Money shows the Western Cape reports the highest number of cases of modern slavery and human trafficking (MSHT). The Western Cape is followed by Gauteng, Eastern…

Let’s do away with organ trafficking
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Let’s do away with organ trafficking

THIS is with reference to the editorial ‘Organ racket’ (Feb 14) which dealt with the commercial removal of the kidney of a brick kiln worker in Rawalpindi and the need for a police probe to identify the gang and groups involved in this inhuman activity. Read the original article here. Punjab, no doubt, is considered…

Rubio, Menendez Raise Alarm on Cuba's Continued International Medical "Missions"
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Rubio, Menendez Raise Alarm on Cuba's Continued International Medical "Missions"

Since the 1960s, the criminal Cuban regime has deployed hundreds of thousands of Cuban doctors across the globe. These international “missions” are really a modern-day human trafficking scheme. Yet, this year, Mexico, Brazil, and Colombia have indicated they will restart programs that employ them.  U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Bob Menendez (D-NJ) sent a…

Mid Michigan College to host human trafficking awareness speaker session – MLive.com
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Mid Michigan College to host human trafficking awareness speaker session – MLive.com

MT. PLEASANT, MI— Scheduled for Monday, March 17 on its Mt. Pleasant Campus, Mid Michigan College has partnered with the R.I.S.E. Advocacy group to better inform the surrounding community on the matter of human trafficking. The speaker session will kick off at 11:30 a.m. and will feature Kaitlyn Holbeck with R.I.S.E. Advocacy sharing what human…

What those TikTok videos about human-trafficking get wrong – The Toronto Star
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What those TikTok videos about human-trafficking get wrong – The Toronto Star

Videos circulating on TikTok might make you think the kidnappers are lurking behind every corner. A new trend on the popular social-media platform has young people warning about human trafficking and how to avoid becoming a victim. Some of the videos describe down-to-earth scenarios women face when out and about. For example, one TikTokker describes…