Forced Labor

U.S. Car Companies on Cruise Control While the Amazon Burns

James Turner | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Automakers, General Motors, Dilma Rouseff, Slavery, Bmw, Mercedes Benz, Ford, Brazil, Forced Labor, Deforestation, Green News

In the heart of the Amazon, a scandal is unfolding which threatens the reputation of both the Brazilian president and some of the biggest car companies in the world.

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GRAPHIC: What's Made Using Child Or Slave Labor?

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Slave Labor, India, Video, US Department of Labor, Apple, Child Labor, Brazil, Microsoft, Foxconn, National Post, Forced Labor, China, Business News

It's hard to believe, but true: Still today, many everyday products from around the globe are the result of child and slave labor, according to a 2011...

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One AIDS March That Should End

Joe Amon | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Foreign Aid, Drugs, Vietnam, Human Rights, Forced Labor, Detention, Human Rights Watch, Health, Donors, World News

Something is seriously rotten when "education" centers operating as forced labor camps organize AIDS marches under slogans calling for an end to prejudice against people living with HIV.

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National Cashew Day: More Than Nuts

Joe Amon | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Human Rights, Cashews, Trade, Detention, Human Rights Watch, Health, Vietnam, Drugs, Forced Labor, World News

Vietnam advertises itself as a tourist paradise and low-cost hub for manufacturing. But unless the government ends the torture and forced labor of drug users in the name of "treatment," it may be equally well known as well as the source of "blood cashews."

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Slavery Footprint: How Many Forced Laborers Work For You?

HuffingtonPost.com | Eleanor Goldberg | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Luis CdeBaca, Video, Slavery Footprint, Activism, Call + Response, Slavery, Forced Labor, Chain Store Reaction, Justin Dillon, Human Trafficking, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Impact News

If you're a 20-something renter who owns a laptop, a bike and a fair amount of shoes, you probably have close to 100 slaves working for you. Slaver...

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Boy Calls Cops Over Chores

The Huffington Post | Dean Praetorius | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: 110 Police Chores, Boy Calls 911 to Get Out of Chores, Boy Calls 110, Boy Calls Police Forced Labor, Police Chores, Forced Labor, Boy Calls 911, German Boy Police, Parents News

Many parents know chores aren't an easy thing to get your kids to do. But few ever face any push back on this level. An 11-year-old boy in the G...

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Charges Dropped In Hawaii Human Trafficking Case

AP | MARK NIESSE | Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: Hawaii, Farming, Department of Justice, Sou Brothers, Forced Labor, Aloun Farms, Thai Laborer, Human Trafficking, Crime News

KAPOLEI, Hawaii — Cleared of human trafficking charges, farmers Alec and Mike Sou want to get back to growing crops instead of defending themsel...

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Washington Couple Plead Guilty To Holding Teen Servant

AP | Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Micronesia, Forced Labor, Indentured Servant, Document Fraud, Washington, Crime News

TACOMA, Wash. — A Washington state couple accused of forcing an 18-year-old to serve as their unpaid personal servant have pleaded guilty to doc...

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Time for New Approach to Burma: War Crimes Mounting

Matthew Smith | Posted 09.21.2011

Read More: Geneva Conventions, War Crimes, Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, Myanmar, UN Human Rights Council, United Nations, War, Burma, UN General Assembly, Forced Labor, Crimes Against Humanity, World News

Last week, human rights groups released a damning report documenting how ordinary Burmese convicts are brutally forced by the state to carry heavy munitions and supplies for the Burma Army, acting as human shields.

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Just the 'TIP' of the Iceberg: The 2011 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP) Falls Short of Expectations

Pardis Mahdavi | Posted 09.06.2011

Read More: TIP Report, Foreign Policy, Human Trafficking, Ambassador to Combat Trafficking in Persons, Lou Cdebaca, Sex Trafficking, Forced Labor, World News

The 2011 Trafficking in Persons Report features an increased focus on forced labor, and this is to be commended -- one step forward. However, it still falls quite short of expectations -- there are at least two steps back.

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A Decade of Anti-Trafficking Legislation: Looking Back and Moving Forward

Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism | Posted 08.26.2011

Read More: u.s. Department of State, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, Modern Slavery, Sex Trafficking, Hillary Clinton, Modern Day Slavery, Forced Labor, Human Trafficking, World News

On Monday, government officials, law enforcement agents, advocates, and journalists head to the Department of State to discuss slavery. They will not receive a history lesson. They will discuss a problem that still affects at least 12.3 million people worldwide.

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Modern-Day Slavery 101: Losing Control All over the World

J. L. Morin | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Trafficking in Persons Report 2011, Slavery, Modern Day Slavery, Forced Labor, World, World News

What most people don't know is that there are about 27 million slaves -- real slaves -- in the world today. That's more than at the height of the trans-Atlantic slave trade in the late 1700's.

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When 'Help' is the Problem: Questioning 'Human Trafficking' Policies in the Gulf

Pardis Mahdavi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dubai Human Trafficking, UN Human Trafficking, Trafficking, Sex Industry, Forced Labor, Human Trafficking, Dubai, World News

Current human trafficking policies are having a detrimental effect on those they are designed to help. There is a sharp disconnect between stereotypes of the typical "trafficked victim" and the reality of forced labor and migration globally.

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Protecting Children and Workers Around the Globe

Sec. Hilda Solis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Department of Labor, Hilda Solis, Forced Labor, Child Labor, Tom Harkin, Labor Department, Politics News

As a nation and as members of the global community, we reject the proposition that it is acceptable to pursue economic gain through the exploitation of human beings. No nation does, nor should get ahead, at the peril of its workers.

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A Dozen Nations Added To Child, Forced Labor List

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Child Labor, Forced Labor, Child Labor List, Forced Labor List, Labor Department, World News

WASHINGTON — The Labor Department is adding a dozen countries to the list of nations that use child labor or forced labor, as officials warn the...

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Scholarship Slavery: Does St. John's 'Dean of Mean' Represent a New Face of Human Trafficking?

Louis Klarevas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scholarships, Cecilia Chang, Foreign Students, Slavery, Higher Education, St. John's University, Forced Labor, Human Trafficking, College News

The despicable practice of human trafficking is certain to continue unless we do a better job of raising awareness and informing victims -- especially foreigners who might be too scared to speak up otherwise -- of the protections available to them.

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Burma's Electoral Authoritarianism

Matthew Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: India, Thailand, Human Rights, 2010 Elections, Myanmar, Ban Ki-Moon, Saffron Revolution, Burma, Energy Security, Democracy, Corporate Social Responsibility, Forced Labor, China, Oil Companies, Elections 2010, World News

Three years ago, Buddhist monks organized peaceful demonstrations in the streets of Burma. What they got in return was a violent crackdown by the state. And now, the country is ushering in a new form of politics: electoral authoritarianism.

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Feds Charge 6 In Largest Human-Trafficking Case In U.S. History

AP | MARK NIESSE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Global Horizons Manpower, Thai Human Trafficking, U.S. Forced Labor, Forced Labor, Thai Forced Labor, Human Trafficking, U.S. Human Trafficking, Politics News

HONOLULU — Six recruiters were accused Thursday of luring 400 laborers from Thailand to the United States and forcing them to work, according to...

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Several Types of Slavery Linked to Congo's Mining Industry

Free The Slaves | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Conflict Minerals, Drc, Forced Marriage, Child Soldiers, Slavery, Congo, Forced Labor, Sexual Slavery, Human Rights, Modern Day Slavery, Human Trafficking, Impact News

It's vital that people in slavery are engaged in developing their own solutions. They tell us that boycotting slave-tainted and conflict-tainted products will only make their lives worse.

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Haiti: Human Trafficking On The Rise After Earthquake

Eve Blossom | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unicef, Haiti Earthquake, Forced Labor, Economics, International Aid, Reconstruction, Human Trafficking, Haiti, Impact News

Some groups (UNICEF) are now stating that thousands of children in Haiti are being trafficked out of the country. UNICEF has even reported children being taken from hospitals.

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Single Mother Escapes Decade Of Alleged Slavery In Texas

AP | ANABELLE GARAY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Texas, Slavery, Forced Labor, Indentured Servitude, Nigeria, Ngozi Nnaji, Emmanuel Nnaji, Single Mother, Widow, Home News

DALLAS — She was a widow in a Nigerian village trying to raise six children when she says she met a man who told her he and his wife needed a na...

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Arrests After 107 Slaves Found In Mexico City

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mexico, Mexico City, Slaves, Slave Workers, Forced Labor, World News

MEXICO CITY — Mexico City police on Thursday freed 107 people who were forced to work under slave-like conditions in a clandestine factory makin...

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Lassissi Afolabi: Togo Man Admits To Smuggling Girls, Forcing Them To Work At Hair Braiding Salons

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kidnapping, Lassissi Afolabi, Hair Braiding Salons, Togo, Forced Labor, Human Trafficking, World News

NEWARK, N.J. — A man from the West African nation Togo has admitted his role in the smuggling of dozens of girls and women who were forced to wo...

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Myanmar Army Officials Accused Of Using Forced Labor

Narinjara | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ann Town, Myanmar Military, Burma, Forced Labor, Myanmar, Burmese Military, Myanmar Forced Labor, World News

Maypon: Burmese army authorities from Western Command based in Ann Town have been forcing villagers to work on construction of a road between Kam Daun...

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Trade Cards, Not People

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ashley Judd, Matisyahu, Stephen Colbert, Cornel West, Slavery, Rockumentary, Sweat Shops, Brothels, Child Prostitution, Justice, Forced Labor, Call Response, Spirituality, Sexual Slavery, Video, Politics News

Call Response weaves raw footage shot undercover in brothels and sweatshops in the developing world with talking heads such as Cornel West.

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