Investigators warn that low-cost manicures in Berlin and across German cities are often sustained by labor exploitation and human trafficking networks, particularly involving Vietnamese workers.
Tag: modern slavery
The rescue of 163 Chinese workers from a BYD plant in Brazil reveals the persistence of labor exploitation in the 21st century. This case, alongside reports of politicians with slave-owning ancestors facing similar accusations, underscores how Brazil’s colonial legacy continues to shape its present.
Yes, surrogacy can exploit women and their bodies. But like JD Vance, Italy’s Giorgia Meloni is really just trying to impose her own conception of the family on everyone else.
Women who are garment workers for well-known European labels face frequent gender-based violent harassment, caste-based discrimination, wage theft, forced termination, and other forms of labor and human rights violations. The laws simply don’t help.
Many Sri Lankan women leave with the hope of finding work and a better life, and that makes them the perfect target for human traffickers.
Satnam Singh, an undocumented laborer from India, was left dead after losing his arm in a work accident near Latina — just 50 kilometers from the capital, Rome. Could it be that no one in power saw the realities like the one that sealed Satnam Singh’s fate?
The United Kingdom is seen by migrants as the promised land. Many are prepared to embark on a perilous journey to get there. But on arrival, they often find that life is not what they expected. Some even discover working conditions resembling slavery.
In 1930, the International Labour Organization set a goal to eradicate forced work. Today, 21 million people are exploited around the world. Globalization is making matters worse.