Note what they're doing - sometimes mining oil and minerals, or being sex-slaves for other people who are involved in mining. How many of those minerals are used in the tech devices we use everyday?
Laws might exist in some countries, but there are suspicions of corruption; and some legal systems are overworked.
Really, IRIN is a remarkable source of thoroughly depressing information about all this kind of stuff. I could dump thirty URLs and summaries here, but I'll let you look at IRIN in your own time.
They do also cover good news and positive stories. The photo archives are remarkable too.
(http://www.irinnews.org/Report/94721/AFRICA-High-cost-of-chi...)
Note what they're doing - sometimes mining oil and minerals, or being sex-slaves for other people who are involved in mining. How many of those minerals are used in the tech devices we use everyday?
Laws might exist in some countries, but there are suspicions of corruption; and some legal systems are overworked.
(http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95013/UGANDA-Women-trafficked...)
Really, IRIN is a remarkable source of thoroughly depressing information about all this kind of stuff. I could dump thirty URLs and summaries here, but I'll let you look at IRIN in your own time.
They do also cover good news and positive stories. The photo archives are remarkable too.
Another good source is the UNHCR.
$2.5billion per year from Human Trafficking:
(http://www.unhcr.org.uk/resources/monthly-updates/september-...)
More relevant to the OP:
Anti-Slavery activists in prison while no-one has been convicted for slavery offences:
(http://www.irinnews.org/Report/91528/MAURITANIA-Activists-tr...)
And to finish, a "positive" story about an escaped slave.
(http://www.unhcr.org.uk/news-and-views/news-list/news-detail...)