HumanTrafficking
Attorneys for Meta Platforms and several of its current and former leaders, including founder Mark Zuckerberg, are asking a judge in the US state of Delaware to dismiss a shareholder lawsuit. The lawsuit alleges the company has deliberately failed to protect users of its social media platforms from human trafficking and child sexual exploitation. Filed last year by several investment funds, it claims that Meta’s directors and senior executives have long known about rampant human trafficking and child sexual exploitation on Facebook and Instagram, but have failed to address the predatory behavi...
Euronews (English)
Spanish police have arrested 15 suspects believed to be part of a criminal human trafficking ring. The operation involved seven raids in the southern Seville province, with 21 victims freed. Mainly from Moldova and Romania, the victims were kept in atrocious conditions and deprived of food and water during long work days, say Spanish authorities. Victims of the ring were exploited within the agricultural sector. They were recruited in their home countries through adverts and social media, offering work in Spain with fictitious working conditions and salaries. The leaders of the criminal networ...
Euronews (English)
By Anuja In a first for a parliamentary legislation, the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) Bill, 2023, introduced in the Indian Parliament last month, recognises offences related to trafficking in people and ‘human trafficking for prostitution’ as ‘organised crime’. This bill repeals the Indian Penal Code, 1860 or the IPC which is the principal law on criminal offences in the country. The move is significant because while the nature of crimes related to human trafficking in India have been often been organised, officially recognising it as one could strengthen the investigation process and help in ...
BOOM Live
A new report from the Freedom Fund, on how to prevent modern slavery and win sustained, long-term liberation for formerly trafficked persons. The report studied on-the-ground conditions for people freed from slavery in India, to find out what helped keep people out of slavery once liberated. It found that freedom from debt bondage; teaching people about their labor rights; offering NGO support; improving worker protections; and providing essential services like healthcare, are all instrumental in ensuring people stay free after modern slavery.Q3 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and moreExe...
ValueWalk
閲覧を続けるには、ノアドット株式会社が「プライバシーポリシー」に定める「アクセスデータ」を取得することを含む「nor.利用規約」に同意する必要があります。
「これは何?」という方はこちら