The idea of slavery in modern times is a foreign concept for most Westerners. Of course, the Black Lives Matter movement was ...

The last country to abolish slavery was the African state of Mauritania ... than ever and can generate high economic returns. Modern slavery is very cheap, and Kevin Bales has argued that this ...

Britain's Modern Slavery Act of 2015 forced large businesses to tackle slavery in their supply chains and strengthened ...

The field of contemporary slavery studies is relatively young. Data and research on modern slavery began to appear only about two decades ago, and that work focused on the systemic causes of ...

“It’s a form of modern slavery,” said Damilola Adekola ... in Iraq and other Middle Eastern countries where abuse of African domestic workers is rife. “These Iraqi agents and the families ...

Modern slavery occurs in almost every country in ... (15.1 million), followed by Europe and Central Asia (4.1 million), Africa (3.8 million), the Americas (3.6 million) and the Arab States ...

South Yorkshire Police have made two arrests as part of an ongoing investigation into modern slavery Two people have been arrested as part of an ongoing South Yorkshire Police investigation into ...

This statement is made pursuant to section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and constitutes WBD’s group slavery and human trafficking statement for the financial year ended 31 December 2022.

"In all my years in law enforcement, I have never known a modern slavery case where the exploitation has taken place over such a long period of time," he said. "First and foremost in my mind at ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's government will retain a ban on asylum seekers being able to claim protections under modern slavery and other human rights laws, even as its ministers have ...

The field of contemporary slavery studies is relatively young. Data and research on modern slavery began to appear only about two decades ago, and that work focused on the systemic causes of ...