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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryWhere does the UK government’s anti-trafficking money go?This article reviews the outcomes of research assessing anti-trafficking funding commitments by the UK government....
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryMapping the politics of national rankings in the movement against “modern slavery”The Global Slavery Index uses questionable data and ignores global interdependence to frame modern slavery as an...
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Published in: 50.50The Global Slavery Index: seduction and obfuscationThe Global Slavery Index is critically flawed: compromised by a weak methodology, unverified assumptions and...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryCentring the state in our critiques of traffickingPrevailing accounts of a division between sex work and ‘trafficking’ obscure the routine fact of economic compulsion...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryThe vital difference between human trafficking and migrant smugglingWhat is the difference between migrant smuggling and human trafficking? As these distinct phenomena each get more...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryOn Bolivia’s new child labour lawEvo Morales has been condemned for lowering the working age in Bolivia to 10. But when child labour remains a given,...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryConvenient conflations: modern slavery, trafficking, and prostitutionLaws to reduce buying sex, such as proposed amendments to the Modern Slavery Bill, are not only ineffective, but...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryHuman trafficking: a parasite of prohibitionism?Is human trafficking an unintended consequence every time a sector of commerce is zoned illicit by lawmakers as a...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryNo agency: laying the foundation for exploitation of migrant workersThere are many tragic stories that highlight the abuse and exploitation of Singapore's migrant workers. But...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryCombating trafficking requires addressing social inequality: Q&A | Part IIIMany factors drive the current trafficking industry, but its fundamental root is human poverty. To address this...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryIgnorance and misunderstanding undermine current anti-trafficking initiatives: Q&A | Part IIAnti-trafficking efforts will fail as long as states and citizens continue to frame the victims of trafficking as...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryThe antiblackness of 'modern-day slavery' abolitionismAntiblack racism underwrites the contemporary movement against “modern-day slavery.” The anti-slavery movement is...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryTrans-Atlantic slavery and contemporary human traffickingAre we learning from the past or exploiting it? It is easy to obscure the similar economic rationales and incentive...
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Published in: 50.50Human trafficking: from outrage to actionIf we are to have any chance of addressing trafficking, we should work towards the elimination of labour recruitment...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryNarrow viewpoints and conflicting interests undermine anti-trafficking efforts: Q&A | Part ICurrent anti-trafficking measures are weak because of a lack of inter-agency cooperation combined with a...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryExtreme exploitation is not a problem of human natureExtreme exploitation is a structural problem, not a problem of human nature. Unless we deal with the ‘root causes’,...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryMiscounting human trafficking and slaveryTwo recent ‘studies’ have attracted a lot of international attention. Each presents incredibly flawed findings. And...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryFielding the wrong ball – culture as a cause of ‘modern slavery’New abolitionists often attribute trafficking in certain areas to ‘cultural attitudes’. In doing so, they not only...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryLaw’s mediations: the shifting definitions of traffickingAs trafficking becomes increasingly conflated with slavery and forced labor, there is less and less agreement...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryHappy endings? Slavery, emancipation and freedomLet’s stop giving the architects and beneficiaries of an increasingly neoliberal world order a platform on which to...
