Noticias

Financial Express. India. United Nations. Nobel Peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi today lauded the government for ratifying two fundamental global conventions on combating child labour, saying the move would help the country end forced labour, modern slavery and human trafficking. India today ratified the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention 182 on the worst forms of child labour and Convention 138 on …

CSR Asia. Australia. Global. Following the footsteps of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and France, the Australian government launched an inquiry earlier this year to establish a Modern Slavery Act in Australia. Individuals and organisations were invited to send their feedback for the inquiry, submissions recently closed with largely positive support from business and investors, to implement a Modern Slavery …

Daily Mail. London, United Kingdom. A British court on Wednesday jailed three Polish men for trafficking workers into Britain, luring them with the promise of well-paid jobs before stealing their wages and beating them when they tried to escape, prosecutors said. The men, Robert Dolinski, 38, Andrzej Laskowski, 37, and Kewin Laskowski, 19, all pleaded guilty to modern slavery offences at …

BBC News. Nottingham. A woman who was sold into the sex trade by her husband is one of 140 suspected victims of modern slavery in the East Midlands in the past three years. The woman, of Chinese origin, worked at a brothel outside the UK before being brought to England. She was one of 24 Nottinghamshire “slaves” found by police, …

CPS. United Kingdom. Three Polish nationals have been sentenced for modern slavery offences, after they trafficked workers to the UK and forced them to live in poverty and fear. The vulnerable victims were tricked into travelling to Newcastle with the promise of well-paid work but their captors confiscated their identification documents and bank cards and took a large proportion of …

Malta Today. We pretend that slavery is a thing of the past, or that it is a shameful part of humanity’s history which we can afford to put behind us, President Marie Louise Coleiro Preca says Too many children and adults are facing the scourge of modern-day slavery, President Marie Louise Coleiro Preca said in a speech during a summit …

Qatar Tribune. Taiwan. Taiwanese coast guard personnel on Saturday conducted a series of drills aimed at practicing anti-human trafficking and anti-drug trafficking tasks, as well as search and rescue. Almost 100 members of the coast guard took part in the exercises in which several boats, ships and helicopters were also used, reports Efe news. Simulated physical confrontations gave the coast …

ABC 13 News. WLOS. Greenville, South Carolina. A Greenville woman is charged with human trafficking and impersonating a Homeland Security officer In late 2016, the Greenville Police Department joined the Department of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Task Force by assigning a detective to investigate crimes related to federal and state human trafficking laws. In early 2017, in conjunction with HSI, …

BBC News. England. A woman who was sold into the sex trade by her husband is one of 140 suspected victims of modern slavery in the East Midlands in the past three years. The woman, of Chinese origin, worked at a brothel outside the UK before being brought to England. She was one of 24 Nottinghamshire “slaves” found by police, …

CPS. Poland. Three Polish nationals have today (14 June) been sentenced for modern slavery offences, after they trafficked workers to the UK and forced them to live in poverty and fear. The vulnerable victims were tricked into travelling to Newcastle with the promise of well-paid work but their captors confiscated their identification documents and bank cards and took a large …