Child criminal exploitation affects children caught up in both county lines drugs trafficking and paramilitary groups. Modern slavery policy – when applied – can better ensure their safety.
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The real cost of footballs transfer markets: how fake agents traffic African boys with dreams of playing in Europe’s biggest leagues.
Global capitalist pressures on labour markets and the search for cheaper workers can lead to slavery.
Soon we’ll have a better idea of what we are buying. There are no penalties, but “naming and shaming” might make Australia’s Modern Slavery Act work.
Most hand car wash workers are subject to some form of labour exploitation, says new report
Slavery still exists and it happens in plain sight.
The Modern Slavery Bill before the Senate is touted as ‘smart legislation’, because it asks for information rather than imposes penalties, but it mightn’t be enough.
There are other ways of exploiting victims in the ‘business model’ of modern slavery.
The Modern Slavery Bill presents an opportunity for companies to take seriously their obligation to identify, track and monitor potential problems in their operations and supply chain.
Businesses can play a major role in either facilitating modern slavery or eradicating it.
Young victims remain at risk because current laws are focused on concerns over immigration and the economy.
Supply chains are much clearer than they used to be but the same can’t be said about labour.
Research shows the public has a poor understanding of what slavery is and how often they encounter it. Here’s how to tell if your manicurist is working against their will.
The number of people in slavery across the world is on the rise, or maybe researchers are just getting better at counting.
Theresa May’s much vaunted Modern Slavery Bill is designed to stamp out what she describes as a “disgusting trade in human beings”, and a new report on trafficking from the National Crime Agency (NCA…
After years of campaigning and lobbying, several evidence reviews, a draft government Bill (last September), and pre-legislative scrutiny from a joint select committee of peers and MPs, the UK government…
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Professor of Business and Society, University of Bath
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Professor in Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance, Macquarie University
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Reader in Modern History, Loughborough University
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Lecturer in Social Work specialising in child trafficking and child protection, University of Bath
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Distinguished Professor of Accounting, Macquarie University
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Professor of Operations Management, Lancaster University
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Sir Gerard Brennan Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney
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Visiting Fellow in Antislavery Business, University of Nottingham
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Emeritus Professor of Social Justice, University of Hull
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Professor of Psychology, University of Westminster
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Professor of Sociology, University of Nottingham
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Reader in Sustainable Supply Chain Management, University of Surrey
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Professor of Contemporary Slavery, University of Hull
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Pro Vice-Chancellor Academic Advancement & Diversity, The University of Western Australia
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Distinguished SFU Professor of Global Supply Chain Governance, Simon Fraser University