Get 15% off your Human Trafficking Essentials – Online Mastery Certificate Course when you subscribe to our newsletter. Dismiss
The Human Trafficking Act is a law in the United Kingdom that was passed in 2015. It criminalizes the act of trafficking individuals for the purposes of exploitation, including forced labor and sexual exploitation. The Act also provides protection and support for victims of trafficking, and allows for the prosecution of traffickers. It replaces and consolidates earlier laws on trafficking, and is intended to reflect the UK’s obligations under international human trafficking conventions. The Act also allows for the confiscation of traffickers’ assets and the creation of slavery and trafficking prevention orders.
A new assessment of the state of human trafficking cases in Bangladesh has once again highlighted concerns about the optics of efforts vs. meaningful interventions to prevent such crimes in the country. According to a report by Prothom Alo on November 27, which quoted “updated information” from the Police Headquarters, a total of 7,517 cases have been…
The increasing levels of poverty among the citizenry is the major cause of child trafficking in the Central Region, the Regional Social Welfare Directorate has stated. The Directorate explained that parents’ inability to provide basic needs such as food, shelter and education, among others for their wards, has resulted in children being exchanged for a…
President Biden recently signed bipartisan legislation reinforcing anti-human trafficking prohibitions. The End Human Trafficking in Government Contracts Act of 2022 builds on the existing anti-human trafficking framework at Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) § 52.222-50 (Combatting Trafficking in Persons) by requiring agencies to refer contractor reports of potential human trafficking activity directly to an agency suspension…
NAHT Asks For Your Help Once Annually on November 29th On November 29th, the annual GivingTuesday global fundraising campaign will be launched. This is a huge effort to promote donations to nonprofits such as the NAHT. Grassroots donors gave nearly $2 billion worldwide on GivingTuesday in 2021. We hope to inspire you to go to…
Nine business locations in Preah Sihanouk province were suspected to be involved in human trafficking activities, leading the authorities to shut down five of them, while the other four have been told to temporarily halt their operations while investigations continue. The shutdown is the result of the operations against human trafficking launched by the government…
Seven years ago, Mohammad Sabuj and his neighbour Mohiuddin Sarkar from Cumilla’s Daudkandi paid around Tk 13 lakh to six people who lured them with well-paying jobs in Germany. In February 2015, the six traffickers sent the two to India, assuring them that getting the German visa would be easier there. But Sabuj and Sarkar…
ACCRA, GHANA – The Jasikan Circuit Court, in the Jasikan District of the Oti Region on September 20, 2022, sentenced a 45-year-old fisherman to a five-year imprisonment term for the offense of human trafficking and ordered him to pay a compensation of 20,000 cedis to the victim. Spanning 13 months, the court proceedings started on…
EDMONTON – The Alberta government is providing $20.8 million over the next four years to implement recommendations from a star-led task force on human trafficking. Country singer Paul Brandt, chair of the Alberta Human Trafficking Task Force, personally thanked Premier Jason Kenney during the funding announcement Sunday at Edmonton International Airport for his willingness to…
Project launched to end child labour in Botswana The reason for choosing D’kar emanated from the realisation that child labour was prevalent in the region, with many children trapped on farms or involved in some forms of child labour instead of enjoying their childhood and going to school. Speaking at the project launch and commemoration…
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Gangs in Taiwan have surprisingly played a part in the nationwide scramble to get citizens home from the human traffic rings centered in Cambodia. Wu Tung-tan (吳桐潭), a leader of the Heavenly Way Alliance, one of Taiwan’s three major organized gangs, told Up Media that the country’s gangs including the Bamboo…
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional | 11 months | The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-others | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". |
| viewed_cookie_policy | 11 months | The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data. |
Find the largest collection of curated articles and resources from around the globe.
We are interested in publishing your materials. Contact us.