Despite legalised slavery being abolished in the UK in 1833 and the US fighting a Civil War that culminated in the Abolition Act of 1863, the practice has evolved to thrive all over the modern world.

The world's 20 wealthiest economies accounted for about half of the people worldwide living in "modern slavery," according to a new report. The report released this week by Walk Free, an international ...

Lake Volta — A recent report by UNICEF and the International Labour Organization found that the number of children who are working around the world has risen for the first time in two decades. The ...

LONDON, Oct 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Britain's multi-million aid programmes to tackle modern slavery worldwide are not underpinned by a clear strategy and have produced little evidence of ...

A government raid on an illegal gold mine in northern Brazil freed 39 people working in conditions of slavery and revealed once again the challenges that the country’s anti-slavery mechanisms must ...

The footprint of modern slavery can be found all around us – if only we were made aware so that we could open eyes to the problem. The clothes we wear. The smartphones in our pockets. The solar panels ...

Sadly, yes. A recent report from the International Labor Organization estimated that at least 50 million people around the world were living in modern slavery. That figure means nearly one out of ...

On February 23, Brazilian authorities rescued 207 victims in conditions akin to modern slavery in Bento Gonçalves, Rio Grande do Sul. The men had been harvesting grapes for a service provider to ...

Are organisations that demand lower prices from vendors responsible for human rights abuses? How can businesses control carbon emissions within their supply chains? Why are First Nations–owned and ...

Good morning and welcome to the 2025 Ministerial meeting of the National Roundtable on Human Trafficking and Slavery.I acknowledge the Traditional ...