China's coronavirus slowdown hits workers in India's diamond hub

Diamond workers already struggling on low salaries say wages are being delayed and work drying up as COVID-19 hits the economy

Actress Mira Sorvino calls for action on pimps, buying sex to end trafficking

Sorvino, a U.N. Goodwill Ambassador to Combat Human Trafficking, says there are too few prosecutions compared with millions of people trafficked globally

Driving in storm of coronavirus, U.S. gig workers face risks

From Uber and Lyft drivers to DoorDash and Caviar food deliverers, gig economy workers are at risk of a devastating blow from the coronavirus threat

Banks globally eye UK scheme giving accounts to trafficking survivors

Initiative aims to give victims of trafficking and slavery financial independence and help them rebuild their lives

Mexican school teaches students to shun sex trafficking tradition

Lessons aim to prevent boys from becoming sex traffickers and stop girls from falling prey in Mexico's Tlaxcala state

Ethiopia's enslaved child maids seek solace at night school

Kept indoors, far from home, and unprotected by labour law, many child servants are denied an education, exploited and enslaved

INTERVIEW-Beware of the 'human cost' of going green, UK teen activist says

Recent calls to shun fast fashion could cost poorly-paid Bangladeshi workers their jobs, while electric cars risk using cobalt mined by child labourers

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U.S. legislation targets online child sexual abuse; threatens encryption on Facebook, Google

The bill would exempt companies like Facebook and Google from being treated as a publisher of information

Think-tank report on Uighur labour in China lists global brands

'Forced labour' conditions have been reported in Chinese factories supplying global brands including Apple, BMW, Gap, Huawei, Nike, Samsung, Sony and Volkswagen

Canada's top court rules Nevsun lawsuit can proceed, paving way for more overseas abuse cases

Eritrean workers have accused miner miner Nevsun Resources Ltd of slavery, forced labour and crimes against humanity

Nigerian police free children, pregnant teens from 'baby factory'

A police spokesman said the captors were running what is known locally as a 'baby factory', where young women are held until they give birth and their babies are sold to other families

OPINION: How can Nespresso tackle child labour in its coffee supply chain?

Even where businesses pay premiums to their suppliers, this is often insufficient to end child labour in communities