Trafficking

Syrian Exodus: Health, Help, Hypocrisy

Bidisha | Posted 06.06.2013 | UK
Bidisha

The invaluable and hard-hitting Women Under Seige project, which documents male sexual violence in conflict zones worldwide, has produced a striking article on Syria's rape crisis. Shockingly, Syrian women and girls fleeing sexual violence in their own country are encountering further abuse, appropriation and exploitation once they have left.

Slipping Through the Net: The Illegal Online Wildlife Trade

Vidhi Doshi | Posted 29.05.2013 | UK Tech
Vidhi Doshi

Though the illicit wildlife trade is nowhere near as large and lucrative as drugs or arms, it is there: The fact that people don't feel the need to resort as much to the Dark Web to sell ivory suggests that too many loopholes in the law around wildlife trade are allowing people to disguise illegal products as though they are perfectly legal.

Anti-Human Trafficking Measures 'In A State Of Crisis'

PA | Posted 10.03.2013 | UK

Efforts to tackle modern slavery in the UK, including the sexual exploitation of children, are in a state of crisis, a new report has claimed. The ...

Trafficked Women Forced To Work As Prostitutes, Drug Mules, Get 'No Protection' In UK Prisons

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 30.01.2013 | UK

Women who have been trafficked into the country to work as prostitutes, drug mules or domestic servants can end up in UK prisons without any protectio...

Girl 'Talked Out Of Rape Complaint

PA | Posted 17.01.2013 | UK

A 14-year-old girl who was beaten up and repeatedly raped by a man accused of being involved in a child prostitution ring was persuaded to drop her co...

13 Arrested In Child Trafficking Gang Which Groomed Girls As Young As 11

PA | Posted 23.03.2012 | UK

Detectives believe they have smashed a child trafficking gang preying on runaways as young as 11 for Britain's sex trade. Thirteen men were arreste...