U.S. order puts Malaysia glove industry under pressure over labour abuses

Malaysia's medical glove industry is under pressure to crack down on labour abuses after the United States blocks imports from the world's largest manufacturer - amid surging demand for the product due to the coronavirus pandemic

India asks local leaders to boost anti-trafficking drive amid virus threat

Indian state governments tasked with protecting children from traffickers and locating missing residents as COVID-19 fuels fears of rise in slavery

Fashion brands like Boohoo urged to help UK suppliers address labour abuses

British retailers must support factories in Leicester to improve working conditions, advocates say

Widow of Bangladeshi ship-breaking worker free to sue UK-based firm

Lawyers say case could make companies think twice about dangerous conditions in ship-breaking industry

From children to young men, more than 73,000 are missing, Mexico says

The disappeared suffer crimes from kidnapping to homicide, but authorities have said some likely are victims of human trafficking

Bangladesh arrests three over Dubai sex trafficking operation

Hundreds of women taken to Dubai on the promise of jobs in hotels were forced to have sex for money

UK has 100,000 modern slaves but most go undetected, study says

Coronavirus pandemic feared driving more people in Britain into slavery from drug trafficking to forced labour

Back whistleblowers to stop abuses, says UK anti-slavery tsar after Boohoo fallout

Factory workers in Leicester are scared to report labour exploitation for fear of losing jobs, said Britain’s anti-slavery commissioner

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World Bank says Indonesia's reforms may hurt environment, labour rights

Indonesia's new 'omnibus bill' could threaten labour rights and environment amid the COVID-19 pandemic

UK fashion label Quiz suspends supplier over wage allegations

British fashion retailer Quiz has suspended activity with a supplier not meeting standards, following the Boohoo scandal in Leicester

China trades sanctions with U.S. in row over Uighur Muslims

The move comes after Washington's earlier sanctions against senior Chinese officials over treatment of the Uighur Muslim minority

Standard Life Aberdeen sells Boohoo shares, citing 'inadequate' response to allegations

Investor Standard Life Aberdeen described Boohoo's response to allegations of worker abuse at supplier factories as “inadequate”

OPINION: Who is responsible for fast fashion worker abuses in Britain?

Focus on Boohoo fails to address systemic exploitation of garment workers in Leicester and across global supply chains