Italian law enforcement officials on Thursday raided the offices of several luxury brands over allegations that their subcontractors are employing Chinese sweatshops.
Chinese automobile giant BYD’s first EV plant in Europe under scrutiny over allegations of abuse against its Chinese migrant workforce.
Saudi Arabia’s Neom project was meant to be the city of the future, the crowning achievement of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s “Saudi Vision 2030” plan to diversify the national economy away from oil. Unfortunately, the construction site for the city of the future has been plagued by complaints of gang rape, drinking, drugs, and attempted suicide by the 100,000 workers assembled there.
Brazil shut down construction of a BYD factory when 163 Chinese nationals were found working in “conditions analogous to slavery.”
A number of international media reports have exposed an operation called “Alabuga Start” that lures young African women to work at a Russian drone factory and then effectively enslaves them – but African governments have done little to protect their citizens from exploitation.
Illegal immigration to New York City, New York over the last year and a half is driving exploitation in the workforce where border crossers and illegal aliens are preyed on and swindled into jobs that leave them with few earnings.
Caregivers and loved ones are robbing elderly Americans of $20.3 billion annually.
Helsinki police have arrested a foreign national operating a beauty company who is accused of engaging in human trafficking.
The national legislature in Japan on Wednesday passed a bill into law designed to help prevent young Japanese people from being exploited by the pornography industry, Kyodo News reported.
The former head of a French NGO has been sentenced to two years in prison after being found guilty of trafficking in human beings.
Some have expressed concern that a British reception scheme for Ukrainian refugees may be exploited, putting women at risk of abuse.
Italian police claim that Ukrainian refugees have been exploited by criminals creating counterfeit cigarettes in a town just south of Rome and say they have arrested the man behind the operation. Italian police say that a total of ten foreigners
A member of the left-wing Italian Democratic Party (PD) has been accused of exploiting migrants during her election campaign by giving money to a pro-migrant group which allegedly made migrants work for free.
A Vatican archbishop has been accused of bullying, overworking, and underpaying his staff during his tenure as papal envoy to the United Nations from 2010 to 2014.
Pope Francis railed against unjust employers Friday, saying it is hypocritical to go to church on Sunday and then exploit one’s workers.
