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The government has claimed that irregular migrants are falsely claiming to be victims of modern slavery to avoid being deported, but there is little evidence to support this.
Understanding when, where and why fishing vessels sometimes turn off their transponders is a key step toward curbing illegal fishing and other crimes on the high seas.
The conflation of sex work and human trafficking fuels support for the continued criminalisation of sex work.
Global estimates of modern-day slavery by the United Nations reveal improving methods for calculating the data.
A formal legal investigation would be needed to determine whether the Florida governor and associates violated human trafficking or other laws.
Human trafficking has become a global concern. Nigeria’s efforts at reintegrating survivors into society have been largely unsuccessful.
Armed conflicts today involve slavery in many different forms, from forced marriage to child soldiers.
The Nationality and Borders Act could damage the UK’s ability to identify and support vulnerable people.
As schools across the US begin to teach students and staff how to prevent human trafficking, a scholar explains five key elements of anti-trafficking education.
As the Afghan economy collapses, drugs and people smuggling are booming.
Firefighters are hailed as heroes and pillars of strength, bravery and courage. But the daily stressors and traumas of their jobs take a heavy emotional toll that largely goes unnoticed by the public.
Children are not routinely being snatched from pizza parlors and sold into sexual slavery. Sex trafficking more often looks like ‘vulnerable people struggling to survive’ through sex.
Nigeria must address illegal fishing, which depletes the country’s fish stocks, undermines livelihoods and pushes people into poverty.
Child sexual abuse and child sex trafficking are serious problems. Misinformation is harming efforts to combat them.
Supply chain transparency is important, but countries like Australia also must do more to support the justice process, such as securing compensation for fishermen and putting traffickers in jail.
When illegal fishing is misrepresented, it leads to poor investments and misguided policies that don’t help the actual problem.
In north India, there is a particular history of purchasing brides from other states. We tell just some of their stories here.
The militarisation of borders and securitisation of migration have always failed to stop irregular migration.
There are no criminal provisions around slavery in 49% of world nations, groundbreaking new legal research finds.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Richmond
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ARC Future Fellow and Professor of Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, Department of Politics, University of Liverpool
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Pro Vice-Chancellor Academic Advancement & Diversity, The University of Western Australia
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Human trafficking and modern slavery researcher, Flinders University
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Professor of Criminology, Head of the School of Law and Criminology, University of Greenwich
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Assistant Professor in Maritime Security, Coventry University
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Dosen Jurusan Hubungan Internasional, Universitas Islam Indonesia (UII) Yogyakarta
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Director Middle East Directions Programme / Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute
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Professor of Sociology and Migration Studies, London Metropolitan University
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Associate Professor of Marketing and Business Ethics, The University of Western Australia
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Research Fellow for Slavery-Free Communities, University of Nottingham
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Professor of Law and Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and International Affairs, Robert H. McKinney School of Law, Indiana University
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Associate Professor of Education, University of Richmond