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Centre to assist border States and UTs to set up homes for rehabilitation of trafficking victims

The Centre has decided to help build infrastructure in border areas to combat child trafficking and help in rehabilitation and protection of victims

The Hindu · Jul 4, 2023

Hundreds of modern slavery cases on hold after Home Office admits ‘unlawful’ guidance

Suella Braverman’s lawyers conceded legal challenge from people refused protection under new ‘objective evidence’ test

The Independent UK · Jul 3, 2023

Planting new life: Dallas vegetable garden gives hope to trafficking victims

DALLAS — Any gardener knows that a successful garden requires patience, commitment and tender, delicate care. Some Dallas residents are learning when they do just that, they can reap a whole lot more than what they’ve sowed.

Tribune News Service · Jul 2, 2023

Is it legal to sell human remains?

Four individuals were charged with federal crimes in June 2023 related to the “unlawful transport” across state lines of human remains taken from the Harvard Medical School morgue. This indictment was part of a larger effort by the Department of Justice to shut down a national network of people trafficking…

The Conversation · Jun 30, 2023

Satellites spy on human trafficking 'compounds' (photo)

A human rights organization, partnering with Maxar, recently publicized its efforts to combat human trafficking in southeast Asia. Satellites are a crucial tool in that fight.

Space · Jun 29, 2023

Organ transplant body writes to States, calls for strict action to prevent trafficking

For the first time the country has achieved more than 15,000 transplants in a year (2022)

The Hindu · Jun 28, 2023

Jeffrey Epstein’s island: What really happened there?

Accusers say billionaire’s private paradise of Little St James in US Virgin Islands was centre of international sex trafficking ring

The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2023

Trafficking victims need better protection, US says

The United States has urged Thailand to improve its systems for protecting victims of human trafficking, especially those pressed into forced labour by growing numbers of cyber-scam gangs.

Bangkok Post · Jun 28, 2023

Human trafficking victim has conviction overturned

"Our review has found that this young man has been let down by a wide range of agencies involved in his prosecution"

Manchester Evening News · Jun 28, 2023

Amazon facing ‘urgent’ crime crisis after gutting of protections, says drugs tsar

Brazilian government warning comes as UN report says that flourishing organized crime groups are driving a boom in environmental devastation

The Guardian - US · Jun 28, 2023