The Latest Breaking News from Slavery

'We've rescued kids from dealers and women from pimps. It's getting worse out there'

DC Colin Ward has been a key part of Greater Manchester Police’s modern slavery team for more than a decade

Manchester Evening News · Jan 9, 2023

McCarthy's struggles point to troubles ahead for his office, his party and Congress

The memory of the speakership fights leading up to the Civil War remind us that the consequences of dysfunction in the national government affect us all.

WEKU · Jan 8, 2023

‘A search for ourselves’: shipwreck becomes focus of slavery debate

Vessel that sank with more than 200 transported people onboard is being used to humanise the story of slavery

The Guardian - UK · Jan 8, 2023

Benedict Cumberbatch's family could face legal action over historical links to slavery

The Sherlock and Marvel stars family has previously expressed his remorse over his own family's links to slavery

Daily Mirror · Dec 31, 2022

This student reporter infiltrated a 'cyber hell' where women and girls were sexually exploited, and helped catch the ringleaders

Two South Korean university students helped police break up one of the largest digital networks of sexual slavery in South Korea. But to get there, they had to spend months immersed in a harrowing online world that continues to haunt them years later.

ABC News · Dec 30, 2022

Commentary: Films about slavery mislead us into believing oppression is a thing of the past

Antoine Fuqua’s “Emancipation” is yet another movie about slavery. Our Black colleagues express a resounding fatigue with films on Black oppression and triumph.

Chicago Tribune · Dec 30, 2022

Walking election disaster Theresa May says the Tories can win the next election

The former Prime Minister, who lost the Tories their majority in the 2017 snap election, insists Rishi Sunak can turn the party's fortunes around by 2024 and beat Keir Starmer

Daily Mirror · Dec 27, 2022

Black Snow, a new pacy murder mystery, addresses the complicated legacy of slavery in Australia

In 1994, the Australian federal government finally extended recognition to Australian South Sea Islander people as a distinct cultural group. This recognition was important: racism put Australian South Sea Islanders at a disadvantage, yet there was little public recognition of the unique circumstances they and their ancestors had experienced and…

The Conversation · Dec 26, 2022

May warns over risk of creating extra loopholes in migrants crackdown

The ex-premier offered advice to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as he seeks to prevent people exploiting modern slavery rules to avoid deportation.

The Independent UK · Dec 26, 2022

Evil landlady kept vulnerable woman domestic slave working 14-hour days for seven years

Farzana Kausar from Worthing, Sussex, has been jailed for modern slavery after hiring the 62-year-old woman and taking control of every aspect of her life over a 16-year period

Daily Mirror · Dec 22, 2022