Human Trafficking

Abducts, extorts and murders East African migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea

As a stand-off continued over people saved at sea by NGO-run search-and-rescue ships, conservative Deputy Premier and Infrastructure Minister Matteo Salvini said Monday that it was time to stop "organized trips" for migrants across the Mediterranean, implying that the migrants...

More than 3,000 people died or went missing while attempting to cross the Mediterranean and the Atlantic last year, hoping to reach Europe, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday, appealing for $163.5 million to assist and protect thousands...

The plastic bracelets the women wore in a bar in Argentina indicated the number of men they had been forced to have sex with. In Thailand, men and children from Myanmar were exploited in the fishing industry: an electric shock...

A partire dal 2014, il 30 luglio rappresenta la giornata internazionale contro la tratta di esseri umani, una data scelta dalle Nazioni Unite sia per commemorare le vittime del traffico di persone, che per ricordare a tutti noi che esistono...

Although the issue of public monuments has been thoroughly examined in the wake of the recent anti-racism protests, the case of Indro Montanelli--and specifically of the defense of his statue in a park in Milan--bears a closer look. The unmitigated...

Asked about the state of British diplomacy in the shadow of Brexit, the President of the UN Security Council Karen Pierce assured us that it is alive and well, and that thanks to the deals that had been made with...

Calling it "a new form of slavery," Italian President Sergio Mattarella reminded the public that a collective effort is required in order to try and prevent the phenomenon of human trafficking. The UN took a similar stance.

Storiche e importanti le sanzioni ONU - in queste ore ratificate dall'UE - contro sei trafficanti di uomini in Libia. Ma non risolutive. Perché, finché non esisteranno canali sicuri e legali per i migranti e i richiedenti asilo, la lotta...