human trafficking
The Domestic Workers Trapped in Modern-Day Slavery
Inès dreamt of a better life in France. Instead, she was held captive inside a family home and made to work 24 hours a day.
Young Footballers Are Getting Scammed and Trafficked Overseas
Fake football agents are preying on people in Africa with the promise of trying out for the top clubs in Europe.
How ‘The Russians’ Took Hold of Ireland’s Heroin Trade
A violent gang of heroin dealers from Lithuania fuelled Ireland and Northern Ireland's drug trade by forcing trafficking victims to sell drugs, a joint investigation by VICE World News and the OCCRP reveals.
Human Organs Harvested in a Lab for Fashion Designer, Brazilian Police Say
The package, sent to an Indonesian artist known for using human body parts in his work, contained a hand and packets of placenta.
Trafficking Victim Says Captors Harvested His Blood for Months
The man is the latest to come forward alleging disturbing abuse in the Cambodian city of Sihanoukville, which has grown into a haven for Chinese scammers.
Farm Workers Were Trafficked and Threatened With a Gun in South Carolina, Feds Say
Two people in South Carolina are accused of conspiring to traffic seasonal agricultural workers and confiscating their passports.
Trafficker Given 15 Years for Deaths of 39 Migrants Who Suffocated in a Truck
The victims, all Vietnamese, desperately attempted to contact the outside world as temperatures inside the container rose to 40 degrees celsius.
Workers Held at Gunpoint in Modern-Day Slavery Operation in Georgia, Feds Allege
Migrant laborers were allegedly forced to dig onions with their bare hands for pennies per bucket as supervisors threatened them with a gun.
The Anti-Trafficking Movement Is Pivoting to Afghanistan
American anti-trafficking groups often make impossible-to-verify claims. Now, they’re doing it in the aftermath of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Anti-Trafficking Charity Operation Underground Railroad Has Another Murky Rescue Story
The anti-trafficking group tells a tale about saving 10 women from sexual slavery and bringing them to the U.S. with the help of Trump’s White House and Tony Robbins. The full story is even stranger.
Human Smugglers Are Luring Pregnant Women to the Border With Lies on Facebook
With Facebook ads and a WhatsApp business account, smuggling networks are promising pregnant women and mothers swift entry into the U.S.
How the UK Became an Origin Country for Human Trafficking
For years the UK was known as a destination country for victims of trafficking. But now more and more vulnerable British nationals are being taken away from their communities and trafficked within the borders of the UK.