Today is #AntiSlaveryDay. I'm very proud to lead a global team of nine journalists at @TRF_Stories covering #modernslavery & #humantrafficking - you can see our work here and I'll highlight some of their best stories below https://news.trust.org/trafficking/
Fabio Teixeira ( @ffctt) published this brilliantly reported and beautifully presented investigation into slave labour at coffee plantations in Brazil https://news.trust.org/shorthand/Brazil-Coffee-Slaves/
Our Mumbai-based corro Roli Srivastava ( @Rolionaroll) wrote about how COVID-19 led to a rise in child marriages in parts of India, and hindered efforts to stop the practice https://news.trust.org/item/20200811231237-svn98/
This insightful piece by @AnuraNagaraj and @banbarkawi illustrated a rise in wage theft cases among South Asian migrant workers in Gulf countries, and highlighted a lack of mechanisms to file complaints and seek compensation https://news.trust.org/item/20200908231004-hlk8n/
In Bangladesh, Naimul Karim ( @Naimonthefield) spoke to several Rohingya families whose relatives were being held at sea en route to Malaysia by traffickers demanding ransom https://news.trust.org/item/20200615094543-ptmvi
Our corro in Addis Ababa @EmWuilbercq wrote this feature about a night school for Ethiopian child maids - many of whom are exploited or enslaved - to enable them to catch up on their education around work https://news.trust.org/item/20200304002433-0qarl