KHANKE CAMP, Iraq — The grandmother lifted her face to heaven and let out a high wail. “I pray for this hell to end,” the 64-year-old said before crumpling onto the floor of her hut. Kimy Hassan Sayfo’s daughters and granddaughters have been held captive by ISIS. Two daughters recently escaped but extremist fighters have […]

The nature of today’s globalized economy means that it is not immediately apparent how specific products on our shelves may link to slavery as products typically pass through a long chain of producers, manufacturers, distributors and retailers. Anti-Slavery International’s Slavery and What We Buy campaign shows that slavery can occur at different stages, from the […]

State and federal officials have teamed up to fight sex trafficking in the rural state of South Dakota, and local communities have initiated new ways to help the victims after the investigations are over. Ranked 46th for crime and 50th for unemployment, according to the 2010 US Census, South Dakota seems an unlikely hub for […]

A Mexican woman who at the age of 12 was lured into sexual slavery has told how she was raped 43,200 times. Karla Jacinto, now 23, was forced to have sex with 30 men a day during her four-year ordeal. She was rescued in 2008 – but not before a group of corrupt police had […]