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Modern Slavery
86 stories, since 2016, most of them about human trafficking.
Human Trafficking
SlaveryMap is Back!
In 2007, when we started Not For Sale, only about 15 percent of people had ever heard the words human trafficking. Most…
Human Trafficking
UK Changes Skilled Worker Visa Rules for Modern Slavery Victims: Why Employer-Tied Visas Can Enable Exploitation
UK changes to Skilled Worker visa rules will give some formally recognized modern slavery victims greater freedom to leave exploitative employers, but the reform also raises a wider question about how employer-tied visas can create conditions in which immigration status itself becomes a tool of control.
Human Trafficking
Libya’s Detention Economy: How Migrants Are Imprisoned, Exploited and Ransomed on the Route to Europe
UN investigators say migrant detention in Libya has evolved into a profit-driven system in which people can be imprisoned, exploited for labor, extorted for ransom and returned to trafficking networks.
Human Trafficking
Life Is Amazing: A Week of Progress in Rwanda
A week of encouraging progress in Rwanda, from graduates supporting fellow pupils, to a growing community enterprise and a school preparing to inspire others.
Human Trafficking
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition 2026: Why August 23 Is a Day of Resistance
August 23 commemorates the resistance that helped change the history of slavery. More than two centuries later, the day also invites us to examine why forced labor and human trafficking continue.
Human Trafficking
A Gift to Traffickers: Sex Trafficking Cases Hit 16-Year Low
Corruption is what lets modern-day slavery function. This week the US deleted its corporate ownership records as trafficking prosecutions hit a 16-year low.
Human Trafficking
Crypto and Human Trafficking: How Corruption Helps Scam Compounds Scale Modern-Day Slavery
How corruption and cryptocurrency help scam compounds scale human trafficking, forced criminality and global financial fraud.
Human Trafficking
World Cup Human Trafficking: What the 2026 Tournament Reveals About Modern-Day Slavery
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.
Human Trafficking
Human Trafficking Terms and Definitions: A Complete Glossary of Modern Slavery, Exploitation and Prevention
A clear, evidence-led glossary explaining the key terms behind human trafficking, modern slavery, forced labor, exploitation, digital slavery, ecocide and prevention.
Human Trafficking
Myanmar’s Digital Slavery: How Scam Centers Turn Crypto Fraud Into Forced Labor
Behind many crypto scams is a hidden second victim: the trafficked worker forced to carry them out from inside a locked compound.
Human Trafficking
The Human Cost of Cyber Scam Operations in Southeast Asia
Behind the Screens: Survival, Trafficking, and the Expanding Crisis of Forced Online Fraud The sleek interface of a cryptocurrency trading app. A…
Human Trafficking
Freedom Day, Ten Years Later: From Global Attention to Lasting Impact
As CNN revisits the meaning of freedom through impact and obstacles, Not For Sale reflects on a decade of partnership with Dignita,…
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