Researchers at The University of Manchester are calling for stronger, coordinated partnerships to tackle modern slavery and human trafficking, warning that gaps between organizations risk leaving victims and survivors without ...
Social Sciences
Jan 15, 2026
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Most Americans imagine human trafficking as a violent kidnapping or a "stranger danger" crime—someone abducted from a parking lot or trapped in a shipping container brought in from another country.
Social Sciences
Dec 8, 2025
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Since 2013, a hidden and lucrative economy of ransom-based human trafficking has emerged in Libya, run by traders who attempt to bring migrants and refugees to Europe via the Sahara and the Mediterranean Sea. Based partly ...
Economics & Business
Oct 23, 2025
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When most people hear terms like poaching, wildlife trafficking or illegal wildlife trade, they probably think of threatened species such as elephants, rhinos, tigers or sharks. Geographically, wildlife crime may feel like ...
Ecology
Oct 20, 2025
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The spread of illegally manufactured fentanyl has driven overdose deaths to unprecedented levels in the United States and Canada. It has also changed the production function for drug traffickers, most notably by radically ...
Economics & Business
Oct 15, 2025
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At the start of September 2025, US president Donald Trump sent a naval task force into the Caribbean to tackle drug trafficking in the region. The initiative has led to strikes on four alleged drug boats off the Venezuelan ...
Political science
Oct 8, 2025
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Brazilian police on Tuesday arrested 45 people and rescued hundreds of exotic animals in the biggest ever operation against wildlife traffickers in the world's most biodiverse nation.
Ecology
Sep 17, 2025
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University of Texas at Arlington researcher Kathleen Preble is expanding her human trafficking research from Missouri to Texas, aiming to create a blueprint other states can use to address this growing problem.
Social Sciences
Aug 27, 2025
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Two summers ago, Alida, a retiree from Western Maryland, was buying groceries when her card was declined. On the phone, a bank official explained that $10,000 had suspiciously been deposited into her account under her name, ...
Economics & Business
Aug 1, 2025
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War in Ukraine is transforming the country's criminal landscape, causing economic and social damage, finds research led by Dr. Taras Fedirko for the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
Political science
Jul 21, 2025
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