Human trafficking

Couple arrested for human trafficking after keeping foreign worker under 'slavery conditions'

The affair had been under investigation since December 2025, when police received a report from the foreign worker who claimed he had been employed by the couple for four years.

 Illustrative image of human trafficking.
Migrants from Bangladesh stand in the woods near Velika Kladusa, Bosnia and Herzegovina, September 30, 2020. Hundreds of migrants from Asia, the Middle East and North Africa set up makeshift camps in Bosnian woods near the border with Croatia, attempting to cross into the European Union where they h

Croatian police find bodies of four migrants near Slovene border, aid 15 others

The logo for OnlyFans is seen on a device; illustrative, August 19, 2021.

State attorney rejects request by Israeli NGOs to take steps against OnlyFans

 U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein appears in a photograph taken for the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services' sex offender registry March 28, 2017 and obtained by Reuters July 10, 2019.

Epstein used London flats to house and abuse trafficked women, BBC reports


Experts raise alarm as China expected to triple illegal organ harvesting of detained Uyghurs

Uyghur organizations have continued to campaign for answers on where missing community leaders are.

Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators take part in a protest against the visit of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to the Turkish capital, near the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey July 26, 2023.

Mother convicted for trafficking 6-year-old daughter to traditional healer for 'eyes and skin'

The courts heard from witnesses that Kelly Smith sold Joshlin Smith for her "eyes and skin" to a traditional healer.

Joshlin Smith's mother, Kelly, and co-accused sit during court trial in Saldanha Bay, South Africa, May 2, 2025

Ugandan UN judge jailed in Britain for more than six years for forced labor offense

Mugambe argued that she had diplomatic immunity in her native Uganda, which was subsequently removed.

Judge Lydia Mugambe

Madrid woman arrested after allegedly selling her baby for €2000

The 37-year-old mother had reportedly lost custody of six children before selling her baby.

 Baby (Illustrative)

Authorities investigate after Thai women held prisoner on human egg surrogacy farm

While three women were freed, the Pavena Hongsakul Foundation for Children and Women warned that a hundred more remain prisoner.

Prof Josef Hanna demonstrates the process he and his team of scientists used to develop models of early-stage human embryos without using an egg, sperm or womb, offering a glimpse into the first weeks of embryonic development, in a laboratory at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel S

Israel moves to ban prostitution to combat human trafficking and abuse in historic move

Justice Minister Yariv Levin announced that the temporary law prohibiting the consumption of prostitution, introduced in July 2020, will now become permanent. 

Justice Minister Yariv Levin seen in the Knesset plenum, in Jerusalem, December 4, 2024

Human trafficking soars amid crises, children 38% of victims, UN says

In 2022, the latest year for which data is widely available, the number of known victims worldwide rose to 25% above 2019's pre-pandemic levels.

Illustrative image of a child victim of human trafficking.

Notorious human trafficker sanctioned by the UN killed in Western Libya

A notorious Libyan human trafficker sanctioned by the UNSC, was killed in Tripoli by unknown assailants, raising further questions amid Libya's ongoing turmoil and migrant crisis.

 Victims react as authorities dismantle a human trafficking network, according to Libyan authorities, in what they say is Libya, in this still image from a handout video released on August 31, 2024.

Romanian police raid home of Andrew Tate, amid human trafficking probe

Police raided Andrew Tate's home as part of a new investigation into human trafficking and money laundering, adding to previous charges he faces.

 Andrew Tate is surrounded by media as he leaves the building that houses the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) in Bucharest, Romania, April 10, 2023/

IOM reports 80,000 migrants voluntarily returned from Libya since 2015

The IOM's VHR program aims to provide a safe and dignified return for migrants stranded in Libya, addressing their immediate needs and helping them reintegrate into their home communities.

 Migrants, part of a group of 61 migrants on a wooden boat, are rescued by crew members of the Geo Barents migrant rescue ship, operated by Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders), in international waters off the coast of Libya in the central Mediterranean Sea September 28, 2023.