U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a withhold release order (WRO) against Asli Maydi, a frankincense supplier based in Somaliland, based on information that reasonably indicates the use of forced …
21,000 workers dead in 8 years of Mohammed bin Salman’s ‘Saudi vision 2030’: Report
In a span of eight years following the launch of Mohammed bin Salman’s ‘Saudi vision 2030 project,’ over 21,000 workers have lost their lives, statistics have revealed. The workers have …
IKEA to compensate East German prisoners for forced labor
Germany’s Bundestag parliament and IKEA Deutschland on Tuesday announced that the furniture colossus would contribute €6 million (roughly $6.5 million) to a new German government fund designed to compensate victims …
Inmate Labor Tests the Limits on ‘Involuntary Servitude’
In the back of a nondescript industrial park on the outskirts of Montgomery, Ala., past the corner of Eastern Boulevard and Plantation Way, there is a manufacturing plant run by …
Fishermen on Scots trawler win £20,000 modern slavery claim
A group of migrant fishermen recognised as victims of modern slavery have been awarded £20,000 each compensation by the UK Government. The Ghanaian crew were rescued in 2020 from the …
Horeb recruitment agency ordered to pay over UGX.250M in damages for migrant worker’s death
The High Court of Uganda made a groundbreaking ruling in favor of Ms. Namale Desire, daughter of Milly Namutamba, a migrant worker who died in Saudi Arabia in early 2019. …
Migrant teens sue Raw Seafoods, claiming child labor violations
Three migrant teenagers filed a lawsuit in federal court last week claiming their employer, a seafood processing plant in Fall River, violated multiple labor laws, including prohibitions on forced labor, …
UNSR Report: Contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences
“In the present report to the General Assembly, the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences, considers the role of workers’ organizations in preventing workers …
Indonesian Court Acquits Former Official Accused of Enslaving Addicts
A former official accused of imprisoning and enslaving 656 people on his estate in Indonesia under the guise of drug rehabilitation has been acquitted on charges of human trafficking, adding to …
Vinci in Qatar: court confirms indictment for forced labor
On July 5, the investigating chamber confirmed the indictment of Vinci Construction Grands Projets in the forced labor case on its construction sites in Qatar. Sherpa, which filed the complaint …
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