The Latest Breaking News from Trafficking

Jeffrey Epstein’s island: What really happened there?

Accusers say billionaire’s private paradise of Little St James in US Virgin Islands was centre of international sex trafficking ring

The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2023

Trafficking victims need better protection, US says

The United States has urged Thailand to improve its systems for protecting victims of human trafficking, especially those pressed into forced labour by growing numbers of cyber-scam gangs.

Bangkok Post · Jun 28, 2023

Human trafficking victim has conviction overturned

"Our review has found that this young man has been let down by a wide range of agencies involved in his prosecution"

Manchester Evening News · Jun 28, 2023

Illegal organ trade is more sophisticated than one might think - who's behind it and how it could be controlled

Every now and then the trade in human organs makes national, even international, news.

The Conversation · Jun 27, 2023

Jeffrey Epstein suicide blamed on jail guard negligence and misconduct: Justice Department watchdog

The Justice Department’s watchdog says “a combination of negligence and misconduct” enabled financier Jeffrey Epstein to take his own life at a federal jail in New York City while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges

The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2023

Negligence, staff failures led to Jeffrey Epstein's suicide, a DOJ report says

The disgraced financier who was jailed for sex trafficking charges, killed himself at New York's Metropolitan Correctional Center in August 2019. He died before standing trial.

WEKU · Jun 27, 2023

How the global drugs trade is changing

There has been a sharp rise in the number of people taking illegal drugs globally over the past decade as “increasingly agile trafficking networks are compounding intersecting global crises”.

The Week · Jun 27, 2023

More than 2,700 detained in Philippine trafficking crackdown

MANILA: Philippine authorities have detained more than 2,700 people during raids on several buildings in Manila where hundreds of trafficking victims were paid to recruit players for online games, police said on Tuesday.

Bangkok Post · Jun 27, 2023

Australia's hidden housing crisis: survivors of modern slavery have few safe places to turn

Australia is not immune to the rapidly growing global problem of modern slavery. In fact, new research has found the number of people living in modern slavery has more than doubled in the past four years, rising to an estimated 41,000.

The Conversation · Jun 27, 2023

New program aims to provide $1000 to survivors of gender-based violence

One-time cash assistance will be available to Chicago residents who have experienced domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking or human trafficking.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 27, 2023