--- title: "What a mining crackdown actually counts" url: https://wearenotforsale.org/weekly-briefing/what-a-mining-crackdown-actually-counts/ publisher: "Not For Sale" --- Every week, in your inbox Weekly *Briefing* Each week the Not For Sale team picks the stories that matter most, and the posts we are sharing. Every edition we have sent is here. [All briefings](https://wearenotforsale.org/weekly-briefing/) Weekly Briefing · October 30, 2026 # What a mining crackdown actually counts The long history behind a crime people still call new. Trafficking routes through a busy maritime border in Indonesia. And another crackdown in the Peruvian Amazon that counts engines rather than outcomes. Plus our guide to Giving Tuesday, now a month away. 3 stories · 5 Links Human Trafficking · October 27, 2026 ## (Slavery and Human Trafficking: A Historical Timeline)(https://wearenotforsale.org/human-trafficking/slavery-human-trafficking-defining-moments/) Explore the events, laws and acts of resistance that shaped slavery, human trafficking and the struggle for freedom, from ancient records to 2026. Link ## (Nick Thackray (opens in a new tab))(https://wearenotforsale.org/authors/nick-thackray/?utm_source=brevo&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=roundup-2026-10c&utm_content=author-nick-thackray) Link ## (Friends sharing a meal and passing a gift across the table (opens in a new tab))(https://wearenotforsale.org/giving-tuesday/?utm_source=brevo&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=roundup-2026-10c&utm_content=editors-pick-giving-tuesday) Explore the events, laws and acts of resistance that shaped slavery, human trafficking and the struggle for freedom, from ancient records to 2026. Human Trafficking · October 29, 2026 ## (Indonesia’s Riau Islands Report 143 Trafficking Victims in 2026. Why Border Routes Matter.)(https://wearenotforsale.org/human-trafficking/riau-islands-human-trafficking-2026/) By **Mark Wexler** · Co-Founder and CEO, Not For Sale Police in Indonesia's Riau Islands say they have handled 36 trafficking cases this year and brought home 49 people from abroad. New cooperation talks underline the vulnerability of workers moving through a busy maritime border region. Link ## (Mark Wexler (opens in a new tab))(https://wearenotforsale.org/authors/mark-wexler/?utm_source=brevo&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=roundup-2026-10c&utm_content=author-mark-wexler) Ecocide · October 29, 2026 ## (Peru’s 20 Million SOL Illegal Gold Mining Crackdown: Why the Amazon Needs More Than Raids)(https://wearenotforsale.org/ecocide/madre-de-dios-illegal-gold-mining-raids-october-2026/) By **Mark Wexler** · Co-Founder and CEO, Not For Sale In Madre de Dios, a mining crackdown can be measured in engines, rafts and camps dismantled. What is much harder to measure is whether the forest, and the people who depend on it, are any safer after the operation ends. Link ## ($20A day of shelter, meals and care for a child. (opens in a new tab))(https://wearenotforsale.org/donate/?campaign=770665&utm_source=brevo&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=roundup-2026-10c&utm_content=tier-20) Every amount maps to real, measurable change on the frontlines. Link ## (Privacy Policy (opens in a new tab))(https://wearenotforsale.org/privacy-policy/) Unsubscribe · Privacy Policy [Older edition Trafficking can begin with the promise of love October 19, 2026](https://wearenotforsale.org/weekly-briefing/trafficking-can-begin-with-the-promise-of-love/)