No penalties,no progress!
By Joanna Ewart-James, From Freedom United The Australian Modern Slavery Bill has NO PENALTIES to ensure businesses act to protect workers. Don’t let big businesses get away with this! Why is this needed? The UK Modern Slavery Act has no…
Drug dealers convicted for trafficking teen girl
From Freedom United Two drug dealers have been charged with trafficking a teenage girl in the UK, making it the first time the UK’s Modern Slavery Act has been used to prosecute drug dealers. The two men, Mahad Yusuf, 20, and…
ILO News: United Kingdom joins renewed fight to end forced labour
LONDON (ILO News) – The United Kingdom has ratified a landmark ILO agreement to combat forced labour, people trafficking and other forms of modern slavery. The Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 aims to prevent forced labour…
