Posts Tagged ‘traffickers’
Follow the Money
According to the ILO (International Labour Organization) slavery generates $150 billion profit each year. Traffickers illegally launder illicit gains, take advantage of informal banking systems and benefit when investors unknowingly back companies that profit from slavery in their supply chains. On the other hand people with limited access to cash and credit become vulnerable to human…
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Anti-Human Trafficking Newsletter Vol 15 No 3 The March 2017 issue of Stop Trafficking! looks at how ordinary citizens and computer specialists assist victims of human trafficking via the internet. Article include: The internet: Locus of human trafficking and locus of efforts to stop it, Hackers help to find traffickers, and “Ban Human Trafficking App.…
Read More2017 Presidential Proclamation
US National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month Barack Obama, President of the United States of America, in proclaiming January 2017 as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, called upon businesses, national and community organizations, families, and all Americans to recognize the vital role they must play in ending all forms of slavery. “From factories…
Read MoreEarthquakes and Child Trafficking
Interview with Caritas Worker, Rupa Rai Following on from two major earthquakes in Nepal earlier this year on would think the biggest threat for children would be disease and trauma. However this is not the case. Nepalese children who have been displaced through these events are easy targets for traffickers. During her recent visit to…
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Anti-Human Trafficking Newsletter Vol 13 No 4 In the April 2015 issue of Stop Trafficking! highlights the potential connections of natural disasters with the subsequent exploitation of vulnerable populations by human traffickers. There is also an article outlining a protocol to help trafficked victims in hospital settings. Read more…
Read MoreBritain Passes New Slavery Laws
Life in Prison for Traffickers The Modern Slavery Act 2015 received royal assent in the British Parliament on 26th March. It is estimated that there are 13,000 victims of forced labour, sexual exploitation and domestic servitude in Britain. This act of Parliament increases the maximum jail sentence for traffickers from 14 years to life imprisonment and…
Read More‘Broken Dreamers’ MTV EXIT & BIRKII
What is Human Trafficking? Do you know what human trafficking is? Would you know how to recognises this crime. A video clip recently released by MTV Exit tells the story of three characters caught in nightmarish situations of human trafficking also know as modern day slavery. Created by McCann Sydney the video exposes s0me of the tricks…
Read MoreModern Slavery Bill Announced by Queen
Bill Helps Trafficked Children & Makes Victim Protection Central The British government’s plans to tackle modern slavery by cracking down on traffickers and improving the protection and support available to victims have been hailed as a rare opportunity to end an “appalling crime”. The modern slavery bill, which was announced in the Queen’s speech on…
Read MoreSurvivor of Trafficking into Australia Dies
Ning’s Story ACRATH mourns the death of Ning on Friday 16 May 2014 after a long illness. Ning had been trafficked into Australia as a 13 year old. ACRATH remembers Ning as a young woman of great strength. She agreed to testify against her traffickers in Thailand, who were convicted and served long prison sentences. …
Read MoreInternational Day of The Girl
Innovating for Girls’ Education International Day of the girl is celebrated each year on 11th October. The 2013 theme is Innovating for Girls’ Education. ACRATH has be a long time campaigners for girls’ education. We believe that education provides girls with more opportunities and traffickers with less opportunities. In his statement for the 2013 International…
Read More‘Beacon to the World’
Proposed New Legislation in Scotland Scottish Labour Party member, Jenny Marra, is proposing new human trafficking legislation. The proposed Human Trafficking Bill would make it illegal to punish people forced to commit a crime as a result of trafficking, calls for a survivor service for victims and calls on the Scottish government to publish an…
Read MoreForced Child Labour in the Jewellery Industry
Forced Child Labour Used to Mine Stones and Minerals for Jewellery A recently released World Vision report indicates forced and child labour is being used in mining jewellery’s raw materials and further down the supply chain children are used in jewellery production to cut and polish gem stones as well as make the jewellery. This…
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