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Not For Sale publishes original reporting, field investigations, and frontline stories from the intersection of modern-day slavery, ecocide, and social innovation. Our coverage draws on nearly two decades of on-the-ground presence across six continents, documenting what is happening, who is affected, and what is being built in response.
Human Trafficking
Fast Fashion: The Human and Environmental Price of Cheap Clothing
Fast fashion has changed the relationship between people and clothes. New styles arrive quickly, prices encourage frequent purchases, and garments can become…
Human Trafficking
What Are the 5 Ps of Human Trafficking?
Prevention, Protection, Prosecution, Partnership and Policy provide a framework for understanding how communities and institutions can respond to human trafficking. Their value…
Human Trafficking
Which Organizations Are Fighting Human Trafficking?
From local survivor services to international efforts against forced labor, organizations fighting human trafficking perform different but connected roles. Understanding those differences…
Human Trafficking
What Is the Difference Between Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking?
Modern slavery describes a broad range of severe exploitation, while human trafficking is a specific crime involving acts carried out for an…
Ecocide
How to Help Fight Climate Change in 10 Practical Ways
Where you travel, how you heat your home and what your workplace buys can cut emissions. Climate action can also help protect…
Human Trafficking
What to Do If You Are a Victim of Human Trafficking
If someone is using threats, deception or control to make you work, perform sexual acts or provide other services, you can seek…
Human Trafficking
20 Ways to Help Fight Human Trafficking
Preventing human trafficking takes informed action: recognizing coercion, supporting survivors, protecting workers and strengthening the conditions that allow people to live safely.…
Human Trafficking
Allegations of Forced Labor at Russia’s Drone Factory Put North Korean Workers at the Center of the War Economy
A new research report alleges that North Korean workers involved in Russian drone production face coercive conditions and extensive wage seizure. The findings demand scrutiny because industrial supply chains can connect war production with modern-day slavery.
Modern Slavery: How Exploitation Persists in the 21st Century
Modern slavery is not a single legal offense carried unchanged from the past. It is a contemporary term for severe forms of…
Human Trafficking
A 52-Country Police Alliance Targets Global Scam Networks. Can It Also Protect Trafficked Workers?
South Korea's expanding international investigation network is an acknowledgment that online fraud operates across borders. Its success will depend on following criminal profits while recognizing that some people made to carry out scams are victims of trafficking.
Ecocide
Drones, Satellites and AI Are Changing the Amazon. Who Controls the Technology?
A new Inter-American human rights warning highlights how surveillance tools can help protect ecosystems while also threatening the rights of communities in territories affected by extraction and organized crime.
Ecocide
How to Stop Deforestation: What Works and What Still Needs to Change
How to stop deforestation is often presented as a matter of planting more trees. Restoration has an important place, but it does…