NGO leader arrested for orphanage trafficking
| September 14th, 2025 News Digest |
| OUR CAMPAIGN ISSUES IN THE NEWS |
| Child slavery Weak child safeguards fuel orphanage trafficking in Pakistan Pakistani authorities arrested HOPE’s NGO leader for trafficking minors, labeling them as “abandoned babies” with little proof of how they entered institutionalized care. A US visa fraud alert exposed the scheme, revealing how weak safeguards in Pakistan enable such exploitation. Show more… |
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| Supply chain Are Skechers, Vans and Timberland avoiding forced labor laws? Global forced labor laws are being undermined as major shoe companies exploit labor transfer schemes in China. Workers, including Uyghur minorities, are trafficked to factories making major brands’ sneakers, while they evade accountability. Show more… |
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| Human trafficking East Africans trafficked into Myanmar cyber slavery industry East Africans like Duncan Okindo are being trafficked to southeast Asia’s cyber-scam compounds, forced to commit online fraud under brutal conditions. Criminal syndicates exploit youth unemployment and government migration programs, trapping thousands in modern slavery. |
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