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‘Not going away on its own’: Truckers Against Trafficking hosts awareness building event
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‘Not going away on its own’: Truckers Against Trafficking hosts awareness building event

Truckers Against Trafficking, a nonprofit human trafficking awareness company, recently hosted an event at the Bridgestone Tower in Downtown Nashville. The “Coalition Build,” − an event to connect businesses, especially those in industries with a stake in trafficking prevention − was cohosted by Bridgestone, Pilot Company and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. It was a…

Needle spiking haunts the land
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Needle spiking haunts the land

I have recently read dozens of news reports on the peril of ‘spiking’ whereby young women are rendered near-unconscious by perpetrators who spike their drinks with drugs or – more recently – literally inject the women via hypodermic needle with an incapacitating substance. One victim, who lost the ability to walk, talk, or even hold…

Tesco faces lawsuit from low-paid factory workers sewing F&F jeans – Fashion United
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Tesco faces lawsuit from low-paid factory workers sewing F&F jeans – Fashion United

Tesco is facing a lawsuit over allegations that jeans from its F&F fashion range were made under forced labour conditions. The supermarket giant, which retails jeans for 16 pounds, is being sued by 130 former workers from VK Garment Factury, a Thailand-based apparel manufacturer. Allegations include working 99-hour weeks for less than 4 pounds per…

“Sham” forced labor investigation into Tesco supplier
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“Sham” forced labor investigation into Tesco supplier

Police in Thailand have been accused of conducting a sham investigation into forced labor allegations raised by workers at VK Garment Factory (VKG) that produced clothing for the U.K.’s largest supermarket chain, Tesco. Conclusion reached after one day Thai authorities conducted interviews with 114 former workers to screen for forced labor. After just one day,…

‘Desperate’ need to implement law against organ harvesting: Taiwanese legislators
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‘Desperate’ need to implement law against organ harvesting: Taiwanese legislators

Taipei [Taiwan], December 20 (ANI): The forced organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners (who believe in the cultivation of moral character through forbearance) in China has been the largest-scale atrocity in the world, and the Taiwanese traveling to the country are either organ recipients or transplant surgeon, NTD news reported citing experts. While addressing the…

More Ghislaine Maxwell documents are released, but the secrets remain under lock and key
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More Ghislaine Maxwell documents are released, but the secrets remain under lock and key

MIAMI — Ghislaine Maxwell calls a Tallahassee federal prison home, but the convicted sex trafficker’s secrets are still being closely guarded. A federal court in New York on Monday night unsealed the latest batch of documents from her 2015 defamation lawsuit brought by victim Virginia Giuffre. Like many of the most recent releases of unsealed…