Posts Tagged ‘Labour Trafficking’
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The May 2021 issue of Stop Trafficking! highlights the findings of the Global Report on Trafficking in Persons released in February 2021. This is the fifth global report on trafficking in persons issued by the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC). the research period for the document concluded in 2018 so it does not…
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The latest issue of Stop Trafficking! examines the relationship between cobalt mining abuses to the demand for cobalt in green energy uses. Articles include: Electric Cars, Smartphones and Slave Labour, The Cobalt Supply Chain, The Cobalt Industry Must Become and Advocate for its Workers and Advocacy for Children Trapped in Labour Trafficking. Download the November 2018…
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Anti-Human Trafficking Newsletter Vol 14 No 5 The May 2016 issue of Stop Trafficking is now available. It highlights aspects of labour trafficking and methods used to fight all forms of trafficking. Learn about exploitation in the garment industry in Bangladesh, slavery in the fishing industry in Thailand, financial transactions that could point to human trafficking and…
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Anti-Human Trafficking Newsletter Vol 13 No 11 The latest issue of Stop Trafficking! looks at the people who may be rubbing shoulders with us daily but for whom exploitation, fear and coercion may be their daily fare. Articles include In Plain Sight, But Hidden Exploitation, Labour Trafficking and Temporary Work Visas and Business Sustainability begins with…
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Anti-Human Trafficking Newsletter Vol 12 No 11 The November 2015 issue of Stop Trafficking looks at the issue of labour trafficking and efforts being taken to address it. Read about people being ensnared on fishing vessels and trapped in domestic servitude. The need for transparency in supply chains is also noted. There are a number of links…
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Three People Arrested in Sydney Australian Federal Police have arrested and charged three members of a Filipino-Australian family for their alleged trafficking and exploitation of four young Filipino boxers. The men had been brought to Australian on sporting visas. They thought they were going to have professional boxing careers. Instead they found themselves forced into a…
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Australian Columban Priest Provides a Home An article in the September issue of The Far East, published by the Columban Mission Society, describes the work being done by an Australian Missionary priest in Taiwan. He provides a home for men who have come to Taiwan as legal migrant workers but have then become victims of…
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Trafficking for Exploitation Outside the Sex Sector in Europe GAATW Working Paper Series 2011 In this working paper GAATW (Global Alliance Against Trafficking in Women) explores the scope of what is often referred to as ‘trafficking for labour exploitation’, with a focus on Europe. It specifically looks at issues of identification and the assistance scenario for persons trafficked into…
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Anti-Human Trafficking Newsletter Vol 9 No 11 The November issue of this newsletter highlights methods used to expose sex and labour trafficking and the issues feeding it. Click here to read the newsletter.
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Federal Government Grants for Five Organisation A Federal Government Media Release dated Monday 17th October announced that the Gillard Government has allocated a total of $485,000 to five organisation to fund projects aimed at combating slavery and human trafficking in Australia. A copy of the media release issued by the Hon Brendan O’Connor MP, Minister…
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