human trafficking

Business, Economics and Jobs

'A classic tale of human greed': California caregivers earn as little as $2 an hour

May 22, 2019

Throughout California, many of the workers in elderly care facilities face inhumane conditions, wage theft, and abuse form their employers. Despite efforts from the state, many of these crimes go unpunished and workers are left with few options.

These Burmese palm oil workers say they're trapped on plantations

April 10, 2017

Workers migrated to Myanmar's young palm oil plantations. They were promised reliable jobs in a growing industry. Instead, they found themselves caught in debt bondage, living in harsh conditions, lured by traffickers and too poor to leave.

How tech companies are trying to combat trafficking

March 06, 2017

Ashton Kutcher's Thorn is just one of the latest tech tools, partnering with the likes of Google, Pinterest and Facebook, to help identify and rescue children, and possibly catch predators.

This rancher in Arizona doesn’t necessarily want a wall — but he does want more done along the border

October 03, 2016

Ed Ashurst says the smuggling of drugs and people across the border needs to be seen as a real, national problem. Something, he says, the government isn’t doing.

Filipina trafficking survivors launch a co-op — and they own their own jobs

December 26, 2015

After Judith Daluz escaped from an abusive employer and reunited with her children, she struggled to make ends meet. So she started a cleaning business with other Filipinas—where she’s her own boss.

What does human trafficking look like today? How do we stop it?

November 09, 2015

I've traveled from New England to New York to Thailand to Vietnam to China’s southeast border to expose human trafficking routes and venues, and to bring attention to sex and labor exploitation. The Forum at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Tuesday took a closer look at this modern slave trade and its impact on public health worldwide, including in cities and rural communities across the USA.

After the floods come the human traffickers, but these girls are fighting back

September 15, 2015

India's low-lying Sundarbans are rife with human trafficking as the effects of climate change leave families poor and vulnerable. But a new program from Save the Children India is helping kids band together to ward off traffickers, while also getting them to stay in school. Even if it means they also learn to roll cigarettes to support their families.

US human trafficking report is called 'toilet paper' after it upgrades Malaysia’s ranking

July 27, 2015

Critics believed the upgrade from tier three to tier two was a political decision to facilitate Malaysia’s participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a massive free trade deal being aggressively pushed by President Barack Obama.

Under heavy pressure, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia grant temporary shelter to thousands of refugees trapped at sea

May 20, 2015

Several thousand migrants and refugees stranded at sea in the Indian Ocean have been granted temporary shelter by the governments of Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia. The people have endured horrendous conditions.

'I am saving up to take the death boat to Europe'

April 29, 2015

Despite the clear and growing dangers of crossing the Mediterranean Sea in search of refuge in Europe, the stream of migrants is only getting bigger. The people making the journey say it's better to take a deadly chance than die slowly in civil wars or along the dangerous routes away from home.

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Arts, Culture & Media

Frozen River

September 12, 2008

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Courtney Hunt, director of the film "Frozen River." The film portrays human trafficking across the border between Canada and the United States.

Global Politics

Slavery verdict against Niger

October 27, 2008

A West African court found authorities in Niger guilty of failing to protect a young woman from slavery. The ruling is expected to have lasting consequences for the thousands of people who still live in conditions of slavery across the region.

Lifestyle & Belief

Child trafficking in South Africa

October 27, 2008

Child trafficking is a persistent problem in Africa. Countless kids are forced to work as indentured laborers each year. Gretchen Wilson reports from South Africa.

Global Politics

Human smuggling in Europe

May 22, 2009

Global Politics

President Obama's pick for Mexico ambassador

June 08, 2009

President Obama's choice for US ambassador to Mexico has sparked some controversy south of the border. Carlos Pascual has an expertise in the problems of failed states. That's a sensitive topic in Mexico. The World's Lorne Matalon reports.

Business, Economics and Jobs

Spanish authorities bust sweat shop ring

July 01, 2009

The World's Gerry Hadden has details on a major sweat shop bust in Barcelona, where Spanish authorities freed more than 300 Chinese immigrants working in appalling conditions. But the immigrants are protesting the move.

Arts, Culture & Media

Art and trauma

July 02, 2009

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with American artist Ross Bleckner about his work with children in Northern Uganda who had been forced to become soldiers for a murderous rebel group.

Conflict & Justice

Albinos face discrimination in Africa

July 27, 2009

Phillip Martin reports on the challenges faced by albinos in much of sub-Saharan Africa. Albinos lack the pigment melanin in their eyes, skin, and hair. It's a genetic defect, but in much of Africa, it's also reason for extreme ? and deadly ? prejudice.

Conflict & Justice

Child maids in Morocco

July 31, 2009

In Morocco human rights groups are pointing out the use ï¿½ and abuse ï¿½ of children as house maids. They say each year thousands of girls from poor families are sent to work among the wealthy. The World's Gerry Hadden reports from Casablanca.

Global Politics

Criticism for journalists freed by North Korea

August 06, 2009

Correspondent Jason Strother says South Koreans are welcoming Pyongyang's release of journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee. Some human rights activists are concerned that their work may have jeopardized the safety of North Korean refugees.

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