Human Trafficking

Illicit Activity
IPDForumJuly 6, 2024
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Vietnam improves in human trafficking fight

Radio Free Asia For the second year in a row, Vietnam’s ranking improved in the United States’ annual Trafficking in Persons report, and the country is no longer considered among Asia’s worst for human trafficking, a list that includes the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Cambodia, Myanmar and North Korea. The June 2024 report from the U.S. State Department focuses…
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Conflicts - Tensions
IPDForumDecember 18, 2023
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Report: PRC fishing vessels top abusers of forced labor

FORUM Staff The People’s Republic of China (PRC) is the leading abuser of forced labor on fishing vessels globally, according to a new study. The report, “Dark webs: Uncovering those behind forced labour on commercial fishing fleets,” by the Washington, D.C.-based Financial Transparency Coalition, focused on vessels operating either on the high seas or inside another nation’s 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic…
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