Human trafficking
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Alleged human traffickers who had arranged more than 20 boat trips from north Africa to Europe picked up in sting operation in Italy and Germany
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Sister Ancy Mathew provides care for women freed from clutches of criminals in London
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Guardian Cities Mumbai Lata's story: drugged, kidnapped and forced to work in a Mumbai brothel - video
Lata was in ninth grade in a village in southern India when a friend of a former boyfriend gave her drugged tea. Director Hazel Thompson hears her moving account
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Lata is from a rural village in southern India. Sold into sexual slavery in Mumbai, she is passionate about telling her story so others girls can be aware of the tricks of traffickers. All photographs by Hazel Thompson
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Women's rights and gender equality in focus One in three women have experienced physical or sexual violence from partner
More needs to be done to tackle endemic global violence against women, say papers published in the Lancet -
Modern-day slavery in focus Rebranded: how Survivors Ink is erasing the marks of the US sex trafficking industry – video
Throughout the US, women sold as sex workers for commercial gain are branded with tattoos by their traffickers
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Modern-day slavery in focus ‘I carried his name on my body for nine years’: the tattooed trafficking survivors reclaiming their past
Like many women who have been trafficked, sold and beaten by gangs in the United States, Andrea was tattooed with the name of her abuser. But now a groundbreaking grassroots project is helping victims like her to turn these brands into the signs of hope. Annie Kelly reports -
How a trafficking survivor broke free to set up an organisation to help fellow victims reclaim their lives
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Thirteen people arrested for offences including trafficking people for exploitation and conspiracy to breach immigration law
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Modern-day slavery in focus ‘I came to the UK and I was turned into a prostitute’ – trafficked women share their horrific stories
When trafficked women finally break free of their abusers, they turn in desperation to the authorities. This is only the start of a new nightmare. Four women tell Amelia Gentleman about their slavery, escape and further detention by officials they thought would help them -
Home Secretary’s former special envoy says bill should focus on victim protection, not prosecution of traffickers
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Refugees thank search and rescue operation as Emergency Italia warns more will die if Mare Nostrum winds down
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Modern-day slavery in focus Thousands of African child migrants feared in thrall to Italian traffickers
More than 3,000 minors may have fallen victim to forced labour and sexual exploitation after vanishing from homes and shelters. Luca Muzi reports -
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Campaign to rescue abducted schoolgirls continues in face of Boko Haram violence and a public inured to death statistics
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Gordon Brown: Sixth months later, Boko Haram’s nightmare is a little less terrible, and leaders like Malala have brought universal education to the world stage. What now?
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Girl, 13, suffered ‘horrendous ordeal’ with group of men in Bradford sentenced to total of more than 28 years
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Highest number of people trafficked came from Romania, and most were sexually exploited
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‘Significant attack on criminal infrastructure’ involved 20,000 officers, saved 30 children from trafficking and netted hundreds of kilograms of drugs
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Modern-day slavery in focus Failure to help victims is blind spot in struggle against human traffickers
Focus on pursuing smugglers means there are too few resources left to assist those caught up in their criminal activities -
Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer statue is lit up on Wednesday evening as part of an awareness campaign about human trafficking in Brazil
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Thousands of Eritreans risk their lives each year trying to reach the United Kingdom and one man's successful journey meant suffering privations for three years
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Modern-day slavery in focus World's most dangerous journey? Eritreans risk life and limb to get to UK – interactive
Every month, up to 4,000 Eritreans flee the country in search of a new home, travelling along routes notorious for human trafficking. Here, we follow the journey of a refugee as he makes the three-year trek -
Helena Smith: Last year, Greek farm guards shot at illegal migrant strawberry pickers, wounding 35. When a court acquitted them this summer, there was outrage. At the camp, where they continue to live like slaves, the workers share their stories
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Bill will provide better support for victims and campaigners say it will make securing convictions easier
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Lorry drivers to appear in court charged with facilitating illegal entry in case where one of 35 migrants died
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Pair are charged with human trafficking and forced labour offences after police say they rescued 20 people
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Three men arrested as Romanian nationals found in County Armagh after probe into exploitation of food production workers
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Home Office officials say the Afghans were found in an 'awful situation' but are being cared for and seeking asylum
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Police target suspected people smuggling gang after 35 illegal migrants found on cargo ferry at Thames port
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Tilbury, owned by Forth Ports Limited, announced new deal with Zeebrugge only two weeks ago
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Thai police hunt Japanese man who fathered 15 babies to 11 surrogate mothers in possible trafficking inquiry
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Modern-day slavery in focus Child trafficking: ‘I work morning to night, even longer than Papa’ – video
Nine-year-old 'Nicu' writes home to his mother in Romania, but his descriptions of wealth are far removed from his life of exploitation
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Human trafficking has gone from a niche business to a huge – and hugely profitable – industry since Gaddafi's fall in 2011
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Marriage visas under Australia's partner migration scheme are being used to bring women in for exploitation, study shows
Modern-day slavery in focus The global slavery index is based on flawed data – why does no one say so?