A workshop in Sri Lanka explores response opportunities amid emerging trafficking trends, ATEST calls on the State Department to downgrade the U.S. in its TIP Report, and Dyson settles forced labour lawsuits without admitting liability.
Freedom Collaborative convenes East African practitioners for a new prevention initiative, an HRC briefing shows how the scam-compound ecosystem adapts to enforcement, and Freedom Fund helps Bangladesh’s undocumented children get birth certificates.
Observers question the motives behind the KK Park raid as freed workers arrive in Thailand, new U.S. trade agreements include labour rights provisions, and CSOs in Myanmar continue anti-trafficking efforts amid conflict and displacement.
Authorities, academics and CSOs convene to discuss Thailand’s trafficking response, the European Parliament agrees to further scale back corporate due diligence requirements, and German NGO data shows a notable increase in documented cases of trafficking.
Cross Global and other CSOs in India combine direct support with policy engagement to fight exploitation, Texas reclassifies trafficking as a first-degree felony, and crypto companies freeze assets connected to online fraud.