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Jeffrey Epstein trafficking

June 3, 2023

Financier Jeffrey Epstein was arrested and charged with operating a trafficking ring. Details of the circumstances of his death have just been released.

Traffickers move operations to Democratic Republic of the Congo

June 3, 2023

One method used by traffickers is fake child adoption. For many years, traffickers adopted children from orphanages in Romania, until the Romanian government introduced legislation. The predators have now moved their operations from Romania to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. With the chaos in that country and the many people killed by roving militias, […]

Girl-child trafficking – one of the fastest growing business for criminal syndicates

May 30, 2023

Girl-child trafficking is one of the fastest-growing business for criminal syndicates. It is estimated that the profit is $99 per annum. The problem is identifying the girls.

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Buying a carpet

The Society is promoting ‘Rugmark’ carpets — hand-woven carpets, which carry a guarantee against the use of child labor — in preference to carpets made by children (some as young as four years of age). ‘Rugmark’. In August 1994, the Rugmark Foundation was registered in India by a consortium comprising the following business associations and […]

Child labor in Fashion

Designers pledge for child labour-free fashion world The Fashion Design Council of India has collaborated with Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation to launch #Notmadebychildren campaign. The campaign aims to stop child labour in India’s fashion and textile industries. “There are so many people who follow fashion,” Kailash said. “So, I feel this is one of the […]

Child trafficking in sport

According to the Special Rapporteur on the Sale of Children, Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, sports are not immune to the sale and exploitation of children. There have been cases of large-scale sexual abuse of children within gymnastics, football and other sports. Moreover, there are several practices that can amount to the sale of children specifically in […]

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Raids/Rescues

Boys rescued in raids in India

Four boys — one as young as 12 — were rescued by raids were conducted in commercial establishments in the State of Tamil Nadu in India. The 12-year-old worked in a bakery, a 15-year-old boy in a gas station, and the two 16-year olds in motor mechanic shop. The raids occurred on September 22, 24, […]

Children rescued from construction side in India

For the second time in a month, boys have been rescued from a construction site in Trichy. Eight boys aged 15-16 were rescued. Six were from Jharkhand, one from West Bengal and another from Tamil Nadu. The rescue involved our program partners in India, the Bachpan Bachao Andolan. The boys were forced to work in unsafe […]