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On June 8, 2024, a significant reform on labor exploitation came in to force under the General Law to Prevent, Punish and Eradicate Crimes related to Trafficking in Persons and the Protection and ...

Illegal profits from forced labor worldwide have surged to $236 billion annually, with sexual exploitation responsible for three-fourths of the earnings. The International Labor Organization has ...

What is a person’s labor worth? What about their skills developed across years of training and life’s hard-learned lessons? Is it worth a wage that can support a family or buy a home? Is it worth ...

A coalition of anti-trafficking and legal aid groups warn that in the drive to quickly rebuild areas devastated by the L.A. fires, the most vulnerable workers could be exploited by unscrupulous ...

Is compulsory unpaid labor essential “therapy” or unjust exploitation? This question was on my mind when I interviewed 40 people who had been required to work, without pay, for the Salvation Army’s ...

FOLEY, Ala. (WKRG) — A Foley restaurant is one of five establishments involved in a labor exploitation investigation that originated in Arizona, according to the Department of Justice. Foley woman ...

“If we are to build a better America, we must build more and better housing.” The then-General President of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters said this at our convention in 1974. At that time, the ...

Editor’s Note: Joanna Ewart-James is executive director of Freedom United, a global community against modern slavery. The views expressed in this commentary are her own. Read more CNN Opinion. A ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced an expansion of the U.S. visa restrictions policy Tuesday targeting forced labor practices associated with Cuba’s labor export program. The new policy applies ...

What happens when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement rescues 14 children from labor exploitation and exposure to sex offenders in marijuana fields? Surely, this would be a moment for mental ...