Titans of Thai fishing collaborate to tackle slavery

Four years after the industry came under fire for its work practices, the government and private sector have introduced measures to clean up the multi-billion dollar sector

Made with child labor? Major chocolate companies flunk scorecard

Most of the world's cocoa is grown by poor family farmers in Ghana and Ivory Coast, where an estimated 1.6 million children work in the industry

INTERVIEW-New anti-trafficking chief slams 'abysmal' global conviction levels

Valiant Richey, senior European security official is urging states to invest more in combatting a crime that affects millions of people

INSIGHT-Rescued from sex slavery, red tape traps Bangladeshi girls in India

Victims wishing to return home must first gain approval from police, social workers, judges, border forces and bureaucrats, a process that involves about 15 steps

Colombia makes sex trafficking arrests along desert border with Venezuela

Sex traffickers prey on desperate families in La Guajira province, which shares a porous desert border with Venezuela

Malaysia's first 'ethical' job agency targets modern slavery

Pinkcollar has billed itself as the first ethical recruitment agency in Malaysia, which relies heavily on foreign labourers to fill jobs in construction, factories or domestic care

Bangladesh asks Brunei to deport suspects in human trafficking ring

The government is taking the rare step of suspending passports in order to trigger deportation and stop traffickers from operating in Brunei

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U.S., UK to sign deal to get data faster from tech firms in security cases

Officials say current encryption policies inhibit their ability to investigate child abuse crimes on apps like Facebook and Whatsapp

OPINION: Children must not fall off the 2030 Development Agenda

While in the last decades the world has made progress on many fronts, millions of children are still far from freedom, safety and education

OPINION: Britain needs to save the Modern Slavery Helpline – here's why

Closure of the Helpline will mean losing individual lives, and the insight into the big picture that helps us understand how and where trafficking happens in this country