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THIS is the university lecturer arrested alongside her husband for allegedly keeping a Polish builder as a slave in their garden shed for four years.
"The builder told authorities he was being forced to carry out work by the British pair in exchange for out of date food.
He told staff at an NHS walk-in centre who alerted officers from the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA).
They raided the address in leafy Chilworth, near Southampton - home to several Premier League footballers - and found evidence of "disgusting and degrading" living conditions.
The "vulnerable" Polish man, who has not been named, told GLAA officers he had been forced to live in the freezing concrete shed for four years."
The Sun (UK), November 2, 2018
'It's just slavery': Eritrean conscripts wait in vain for freedom
"National service usually lasts between five and 10 years, but can last for up to 20. Conscripts often work 72-hour weeks in extremely harsh conditions with inadequate food and low pay. No one is legally entitled to take leave, which depends on the whim of commanding officers. Some conscripts have reported going for years without being allowed to visit home. If a conscript fails to return after taking leave, their parent may be jailed until they do.
Eritrean teenagers spend the last year of high school in a military camp before going straight into military service. If they get good enough grades, they might attend college and be given a civilian role. But the only way out is to leave the country."
The Guardian, October 11, 2018
Son of first Guinea president and his wife busted for enslaving woman for 16 years before she escaped
"The son of the first president of a West African country and his wife enslaved a woman for 16 years before she escaped, authorities say.
Mohamed Toure and Denise Cros-Toure arranged for the victim, believed to be 5 years old at the time, to travel alone from her village in Guinea to Texas in 2000, according to an affidavit filed with the federal complaint.
The couple forced the victim, who did not speak English, to work long hours in their Southlake home without pay, according to a Department of Justice press release. She was forced to cook, clean, do laundry, perform yardwork, paint and care for the couple's first children, according to authorities.
Investigators say the victim was also denied access to schooling and other opportunities "afforded" to the other kids, even though she was close to them in age."
NY Daily News, April 27, 2018
Accused global sex-trafficking ring busted with U.S., international arrests
"More than a dozen people have been arrested and accused of running an international sex-trafficking ring that held hundreds of Thai women trapped in debt bondage across the United States, authorities said on Wednesday.
The arrests could be a fatal blow to the criminal organization cited for luring victims from poor backgrounds in Bangkok to live as sex slaves, U.S. federal authorities said."
Reuters, October 5, 2016.
Mass 'migrant prison camp' grave found in Thailand
"Bangkok (AFP)—Authorities in Thailand uncovered a mass grave in an abandoned jungle camp Friday believed to contain the remains of migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh, a grisly find in a region notorious for people-smuggling routes."
AFP, May 01, 2015.
'They can all come': More than 300 slave fishermen rescued from Indonesian island
"The Burmese men were among hundreds of migrant workers revealed in an Associated Press investigation to have been lured or tricked into leaving their countries and forced into catching fish for consumers around the world, including the United States. In response to the AP's findings, Indonesian government officials visited the island village of Benjina on Friday and found brutal conditions, down to an 'enforcer' paid to beat men up. They offered immediate evacuation."
Associated Press, April 04, 2015.
'Even worse than being in hell': About 4,000 fishermen, some enslaved, stranded on Indonesian islands: report
"The yearlong AP investigation used satellites to track seafood caught by the slaves from a large refrigerated cargo ship in Benjina to Thailand, where reporters watched it being unloaded onto dozens of trucks over four nights. The lorries were then followed to a number of processing plants, cold storage operations and the country's largest fish market. From there, U.S. Customs records were used to link the fish to the supply chains of some of America's largest supermarkets and retailers."
Associated Press, March 28, 2015.
Seafood caught by Myanmar slaves could be in U.S. food supply chain, investigation reveals
"BENJINA, Indonesia—The Burmese slaves sat on the floor and stared through the rusty bars of their locked cage, hidden on a tiny tropical island thousands of miles from home.
Just a few yards away, other workers loaded cargo ships with slave'caught seafood that clouds the supply networks of major supermarkets, restaurants and even pet stores in the United States."
Associated Press, March 24, 2015.
Revealed: Asian slave labor
producing prawns for markets in U.K., U.S.
"A six–month investigation has established that large numbers of men bought and sold like animals and held against their will on fishing boats off Thailand are integral to the production of prawns (commonly called shrimp in the US) sold in leading supermarkets around the world, including the top four global retailers: Walmart, Carrefour, Costco and Tesco."
The Guardian, June 10, 2014.
- Walmart, Tesco & Costco among retailers responding to revelations of slavery in prawn supply chains.
"We asked those named in our investigation to comment on our finding of slavery in their supply chains. All said they condemned slavery and human trafficking for labour and conducted rigorous social audits. Some appeared already aware that slavery had been reported in the Thai fishing sector and said they were setting up programmes to try to tackle it."
The Guardian, June 10, 2014. - Did Slave Labor Process Your Scampi?
"A new briefing paper by the well–respected International Labor Rights Forum and the Warehouse Workers United (WWU) alleges serious labor abuses, including illegal use of underage workers, at the Thai shrimp producer Narong Seafood, at least until recently a major supplier of Walmart and a leading shrimp processor for the US market, according to a recent analysis by the consultancy Accenture for Humanity United."
Mother Jones, June 17, 2013. - Trash Fish: It's Gross, Tainted by Slavery, and Possibly in Your Dog Food
"BANGKOK—For years, it was a poorly kept secret. Thailand's fishing industry—a key supplier to the US—is entangled in barbaric slavery. Today, slave labor on Thai trawlers is no longer a secret. It's a worldwide scandal."
Global Post, June 18, 2014.
Pakistani Girl, 11, Forced to Marry to Satisfy Uncle's Debt
"GRILAGAN, Pakistan—Eight months ago, 11–year–old Amna was married off to a man three times her age to settle a crime her uncle had committed."
Wall Street Journal, May 5, 2014.
Criminal gangs 'crippling children and forcing them to work as beggars'
"Most of the beggars were disabled children—many of them limbless or suffering from gruesome wounds—who had been stolen, abducted and even 'rented' from their hometowns and brought to Dongguan for this profitable 'business', Wang—who is himself physically disabled—was cited as saying.
'The more severely handicapped they are, the more valuable they are,' Wang said."
South China Morning Post, March 20, 2014.
Traffickers set a daily target for child beggars
"BANGALORE: Nine–year–old Mamata (name changed) dreaded returning home without Rs 200 in her tiny pocket after begging all day on the streets of Bangalore. Her mother and her companion had set the child a daily target of Rs 200 every time she was sent out to the streets.
Such stories unfolded after Bangalore police and the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) rescued over 300 children with help from NGOs in a day-long Operation Rakshana on December 2. The children had been pushed into begging."
The Times of India: Bangalore, December 16, 2011.
Bangladesh arrest uncovers evidence of children forced into begging
"The arrest of a senior gang member in Bangladesh has revealed details of how criminals abduct and maim children before putting them to work as beggars.
The existence of such practices has been reported frequently throughout south Asia, and featured in the Oscar–winning film Slumdog Millionaire, set in India. But details and hard evidence have been rare.
The case in Bangladesh was uncovered by human rights campaigners and a local television company late last year. On 28 December authorities arrested a suspected member of a gang based in the Kamrangirchar area of the capital, Dhaka."
The Guardian, January 9, 2011.
Report: 10,000 People in U.S. Work in Forced Labor
The Associated Press, September 24, 2004
Children as Barter in a Famished Land
The New York Times, March 8, 2002
Girl, 12, Kept Out of School as Servant in Irvine, Police Say
Los Angeles Times, April 12, 2002
Mental Bonds
Scientific American, March 11, 2002
Study Condemns Child Labor
Sun-Sentinel, April 13, 2002
'Chocolate Slaves' Carry Many Scars
Daily Telegraph, April 17, 2001
Forced Child Labor Turns Deadly in China's Needy School System
Los Angeles Times, March 9, 2001
Owed Justice: Thai Women Trafficked into Debt Bondage in Japan
Report from Human Rights Watch, September 2000.
Ghana :Juliana Dogbadzi: Sex Slavery
Washington Post, September 18, 2000
Contemporary Forms of Slavery in Pakistan
Report from Human Rights Watch, July 1995
ORGANIZATIONS/AGENCIES
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Amnesty International
322 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10001
Phone: (212) 807-8400
www.amnesty.org
Anti–Slavery International
Thomas Clarkson House
The Stableyard, Broomgrove Road
London SW9 9HL England
Phone: 7501 8920
www.antislavery.org
ASI works to abolish "modern slavery," including bonded and forced labor, child labor and commercial sexual exploitation, immigrant trafficking, forced early marriage, and the chattel system.
Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking
5042 Wilshire Blvd., #586
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Phone: (213) 385-5584
www.castla.org
Free the Slaves
1326 - 14th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 588-1865
Toll-free: 1-866-423-FREE
www.freetheslaves.net
FTC is a non-profit group dedicated to ending the practice of slavery and debt-bondage through supporting local anti-slavery organizations, increasing public awareness of contemporary slavery, educating consumers about non-slave-labor produced goods, and rehabilitation of former bonded-labor slaves.
International Legal Standards for Child Labor
Human Rights Watch - Children's Rights Division
350 Fifth Avenue, 34th floor
New York, NY 10118-3299
Phone: (212) 290-4700
www.hrw.org/news/2013/10/07/fewer-child-laborers-still-too-many
A resource page from Human Rights Watch's Children's Rights Division, contains international laws pertaining to child labor and forced/bonded labor, as well as the ILO's most recent convention report on the worst forms of child labor, and actions against "slavery conditions" in child labor and forced/bonded labor.
