Human trafficking

INTERPOL said Wednesday (Nov 6) that a six-day international police operation against human trafficking had led to more than 2,500 arrests and the rescue of over 3,000 potential victims.

A FUGITIVE former mayor in the Philippines accused of human trafficking and links to Chinese organised crime has been arrested in Indonesia, according to Philippine authorities who are seeking her ext...

A SWISS court handed jail sentences to four members of Britain’s richest family on Friday (Jun 21) for exploiting Indian staff at their Geneva mansion.

Philippine police said on Tuesday (Jun 27) they have rescued more than 1,000 people allegedly trafficked into the country to work for an online casino in Manila.

South-east Asian leaders pledged on Wednesday (May 10) to crack down on online scams operated by human traffickers to prey on vulnerable jobseekers, particularly in the poorest countries of the region...

[MIAMI] The US Coast Guard launched a search for 39 people reported missing when a boat capsized off the coast of Florida in a "suspected human smuggling venture," it said on Tuesday.

[KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's predominant human trafficking crime is forced labour, the US State Department said on Friday, after downgrading the Southeast Asian country to the worst tier in its annual re...

[LONDON] Four men are due to go on trial in Britain on Monday in connection with the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants whose bodies were found in a lorry in southeast England.

[MAPUTO] Sixty-four migrants from Ethiopia were found dead on Tuesday, crammed inside a freight container in the northwestern Mozambican province of Tete, a senior hospital official said.