Wales anti-slavery drive seen as blueprint for UK
Read news here A Wales-wide anti-slavery network spearheading the crackdown on human traffickers is to be used as a blueprint for the rest of the UK.
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Businessmen charged over ‘car wash slaves’.
Two businessmen appeared in court today charged with keeping 10 men as slaves at a car wash. Kreshnik Dida, 27, and Avdi Dida, 26, are accused of holding the Romanians in servitude for up to five months. The accusations follow a police raid at their car wash. They were targeted in an operation involving around
Modern slavery generates $150 billion in profits globally per year – ILO
Modern slavery generates $150 billion in profits globally per year - ILO LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Millions of forced labourers around the world are generating an estimated $150 billion a year in profits for those who exploit them, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said on Tuesday. Read more here...
Stars line up for charity Sting/The Police tribute album
AEROSMITH star STEVEN TYLER, SLASH and JULIAN LENNON have joined forces to cover songs by STING and THE POLICE for a new child slavery awareness album Read more here...
UK worker abuse red-flagged
Al-Jazeera: New report highlights plight of domestic helpers in the United Kingdom, with critics comparing it to kefala system.
Pope meets ex-sex slaves, denounces trafficking
The Mail: VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis denounced human trafficking as a crime against humanity Thursday after meeting with four women who were trafficked and forced into prostitution. Francis attended a Vatican conference of church workers, charity representatives and police chiefs from 20 nations, Interpol and Europol who pledged greater cooperation to prevent trafficking
Slavery experts meet big business to tackle exploitation
The Guardian: Conference brings together international business leaders to explore how to drive forced labour out of global supply chains. Click here to read more...
Sex slave investigation leads to two Lewisham arrests
This is Local London: A Lewisham man and woman have been arrested over the trafficking of modern day slaves for use as prostitutes in Swansea, Cardiff and London brothels. Read more: This is London Local
Carter: 100,000 Girls Sold into Slavery in the US
Statesman:The 39th president said that the United States should follow the lead of Sweden, which had nearly eliminated sexual slavery by prosecuting pimps and their male customers. Carter, who has written a new book called "A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power," also denounced the growing problem of rape and sexual abuse on
Domestic workers’ rights and slavery
The Guardian: Two hundred years ago slavery was socially acceptable – it was part of life. It was only when it became part of a political agenda that this changed. As you report (8 April) that film director Steve McQueen and others throw their support behind demands for planned anti-slavery laws to be toughened up,