Human Trafficking

Ethiopian police have arrested 17 suspects accused of running a trafficking network that moved more than 40,000 people toward Saudi Arabia through Djibouti and Yemen, exposing the scale of exploitation along one of the world’s most dangerous migration routes.

A new United Nations report warns that human trafficking is becoming increasingly intertwined with artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency and global online fraud, revealing how organised crime has evolved into a sophisticated digital economy that exploits both those forced to commit scams and those who fall victim to them.

Scam compound human trafficking is a layered exploitation system in which people are forced to conduct online fraud while others are financially deceived. Recent investigations also show that women may be forced into sexual exploitation and, in some operations, used as “rewards” for workers who meet fraud targets.

How corruption allows illegal mining, forced labor and environmental destruction to enter legitimate global supply chains.

As the 2026 World Cup moves across North America, authorities are warning that traffickers may exploit the tournament’s surge in travel, temporary work, lodging demand and fast-moving money.

Women trafficked into cyber scam centers in Asia are exposing a fast-growing form of modern-day slavery, where digital fraud, forced criminality and gender-based violence are being used together by organized crime networks.

Discover the complex intersections of Ebola outbreak mining regions with human trafficking. Learn how these crises impact lives and what actions can be taken.

Not For Sale CEO Mark Wexler speaks with TK Nziyonvira about Goma, the conflict in eastern DRC, and why dignified local livelihoods are one of the strongest answers to modern-day slavery.

A clear glossary of the key terms behind ecocide, environmental destruction, forced labor, human trafficking, illegal extraction and the systems that connect harm to people with harm to nature.

A clear, evidence-led glossary explaining the key terms behind human trafficking, modern slavery, forced labor, exploitation, digital slavery, ecocide and prevention.

A federal trafficking case in Los Angeles has exposed how girls and young women can be targeted through foster care instability, online recruitment, motel networks and the wider systems that allow exploitation to continue in plain sight.

Illegal gold mining in the Amazon is exposing how environmental destruction, Indigenous land invasions, mercury pollution and forced labour risks can be hidden behind the global gold trade.