Smugglers were arrested in Malaysia on Wednesday with some 3,300 endangered turtles aboard their boat, officials said, as the country battles to clamp down on the burgeoning illicit wildlife trade.
Plants & Animals
Feb 27, 2019
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Each year, women flee Central America seeking a better life. Many want a better life in the United States, some settle in Mexico and others do not have a plan. In this journey, these migrants face a series of hazards, from ...
Social Sciences
Feb 11, 2019
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An estimated 24.9 million people worldwide are victims of human trafficking. The majority of these individuals are tricked, threatened, or coerced into forced labor in domestic work, construction, manufacturing, agriculture, ...
Engineering
Feb 8, 2019
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Using data to rate countries doesn't just help us understand their behavior, it actually changes it.
Social Sciences
Jan 16, 2019
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Despite toiling up to 18 hours a day, Rhoda, a Filipina migrant domestic worker in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), was given food only once every 24 hours by her employers, who insisted she must finish all her daily chores ...
Social Sciences
Jan 14, 2019
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Social media is increasingly being exploited to contact, recruit and sell children for sex, according to a study by The University of Toledo Human Trafficking and Social Justice Institute.
Social Sciences
Oct 8, 2018
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In the run-up to the forthcoming illegal wildlife trade conference in London, Fauna & Flora international (FFI) has made a point of shining the spotlight on some of the neglected casualties of wildlife crime, from lizards ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 5, 2018
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A zoo in Colombia is celebrating the birth of a baby spider monkey, a rare species in danger of extinction.
Plants & Animals
Sep 14, 2018
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When people want data on human trafficking, they might turn to widely cited statistics, such as a study showing there are 40.3 million victims of human trafficking in the world today.
Social Sciences
Sep 5, 2018
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UC Santa Cruz doctoral student Sabina Tomkins has long been moved by the horrible stories of victims of human trafficking.
Social Sciences
Aug 1, 2018
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