Noticias

Business and Human Rights Resource Center. Australia. Our run down of this week’s top stories and breaking news about business & human rights. Includes company responses, the latest jobs; and events announcements. Read the full update here. 

Investment Magazine. Global. It’s hard to believe that, in the second decade of the 21st century, Britain would have to enact a law addressing modern slavery, and that the Australian Parliament would start an inquiry to see if we need to do the same here. Yet, according to the UN’s International Labour Organization, there are 21 million people around the …

Just Security. United States, Global. In an interview with Bloomberg on Monday, President Donald Drumpf argued that we need his border wall to fight human trafficking, which he described as “probably worse than it ever was in history, if you think about it.” He added it’s “a problem that you should write something about at some point.” Read the full …

Kicker 102.5. Texas. The Texarkana Arkansas Police Department and FBI-Texarkana, Arkansas conducted a joint investigation with the focus of targeting underage prostitution and human trafficking in Texarkana, according to a press release. Read the full story here. 

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Athens, Greece. The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Madina Jarbussynova, on Friday concluded a visit to Athens, Lesvos and Thessaloniki to discuss how best to support first responders in identifying potential victims of trafficking among large flows of migrants and refugees. Read the full story here. 

Texas Annual Conference. The Center for Mission Excellence mission project this year is to help raise funds to fight against human trafficking. The districts of the Texas Annual Conference are raising awareness and funds to support the fight against human trafficking in the state of Texas and around the world. During 2017, through run/walk/bike events and as the Annual Conference …

Begbies Traynor. Slavery and human trafficking remains a menace to society. Everyone has a responsibility to be alert to the risks of this, particularly in a business and its supply chain. Staff are expected to report concerns and management are expected to act on such concerns as well as taking steps to minimise the risks of slavery and human trafficking …

Crossroads Today. Victoria. Human trafficking has become an ongoing issue here in Victoria over several years from bail outs during traffic stops to deadly immigrant smuggling disasters. So exactly how are human trafficking victims moved through the Crossroads? Read the full story here. 

The Malay Mail Online. Kuantan. A married couple were charged in the Sessions Court here today with four counts of human trafficking, involving four teenage boys, for exploitation last year. Muslim Ab Karim, 56, and his wife, Zaleha Mohamad, 54, who were charged with 12 counts of a similar offence at the Ipoh Sessions Court last Monday, however, pleaded not …

The Malay Mail Online. A hotel manager pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here today to four counts of trafficking in Thai women for sexual exploitation, since 2014. Ling Ong Weng, 34, was charged with trafficking in Nutsara Hemman, Nipaporn Sananmueang, Sirikon Maitoklang and Patcharin Polkan , aged between 23 and 43, for sexual exploitation. He allegedly committed the …