Sex trade flourishes in Peru's Amazon despite crackdown on illegal mining

Often poor and with little education, women and girls from indigenous farming communities make easy prey for traffickers, who lure them with false promises of well-paid jobs

Trafficking risk high for hundreds of migrants sent back to Libya

Aid workers say they have first-hand testimony of migrants being sold to traffickers after being taken to Libyan detention centres

Tourist visa scam traps Indian migrants in abusive jobs in UAE

Migrants on tourist visas - quicker and cheaper to obtain than work permits - are wary of reporting exploitation for fear of revealing their illegal status

Mobile app aims to bolster human trafficking reporting in Thailand

Expert says a lack of trust in the government is deterring some victims from using the app

Bangladesh eyes deal with Malaysia to protect migrant workers from abuse

Bangladesh's current informal recruitment system involves unofficial middlemen who often give false promises about jobs and then charge high fees that trap many workers in debt bondage

Ivory Coast pledges trafficking crackdown as 137 child victims are rescued

The victims ranged in age from six to 17 and came from the nearby West African countries of Nigeria, Benin, Ghana and Togo

UK police under fire over children trafficked into drug trade

Trafficked children are not being given enough support to escape drug gangs who use them as couriers, a watchdog says

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Qatar further eases restrictions on migrant workers' exit

Unions have documented labour exploitation, dangerous conditions and deaths of workers building stadiums and infrastructure for the upcoming World Cup in Qatar

U.S. Virgin Islands sues Jeffrey Epstein estate, alleges widespread sex trafficking

The complaint significantly broadens the scope of Epstein's alleged sexual misconduct, saying it occurred as recently as 2018 and targeted girls as young as 11 or 12

Malaysia's FGV fell short of labour norms, palm industry watchdog says

The Roundtable of Sustainable Palm Oil first suspended certification for Kilang Sawit Serting and its supply bases in 2018 after an investigation found indications of forced labour