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Indonesia investigates potential debt bondage among workers on U.K. farms
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Indonesia investigates potential debt bondage among workers on U.K. farms

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A taskforce is investigating the recruitment process of Indonesian workers who go to pick fruit on U.K. farms. Indonesia launched the investigation after laborers told the Guardian they took on debts of up to £5,000 to secure work on farms in Kent.   Debt raises risk of forced labor  Indonesian fruit pickers told the Guardian that…

Indonesia to investigate claims fruit pickers charged thousands to work in Kent
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Indonesia to investigate claims fruit pickers charged thousands to work in Kent

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Exclusive: Taskforce begins work after labourers told Guardian they faced huge debts to unlicensed brokers in Bali A presidential taskforce in Indonesia is investigating the recruitment of fruit pickers who say they took on debts of up to £5,000 to secure jobs in Kent. The Guardian revealed that Indonesian labourers harvesting berries on a farm that…

Traffickers on the prowl online | The Daily Star
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Traffickers on the prowl online | The Daily Star

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Efforts to combat human trafficking need to be coordinated both in cyberspace and the real world, since the menace has latched on to the internet and gotten worse amid the pandemic, said speakers yesterday. They called upon stakeholders, including the government and international partners, to focus on a rights-based approach to prevent exploitation of victims…

Forced Prison Labor in China: Hiding in Plain Sight
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Forced Prison Labor in China: Hiding in Plain Sight

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Ancient Mogilev, a former city of the medieval Duchy of Lithuania and now part of Belarus close to the border with Russia, cradled along the River Dnieper, is a most unlikely spot for an interview about forced prison labor in China. But this is the home to which Dima Siakatsky returned after his release from…