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Every case on SlaveryMap, drawn from public sources and shown with its location deliberately generalized to protect survivors.
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United States US
According to a federal indictment, a mother and daughter in Carolina, Puerto Rico, used beatings, threats, restraint and isolation to force an intellectually disabled woman to panhandle, commit fraud and do domestic labor in their home, at times locking her overnight in a space formerly used to house goats and roosters, and took her Social Security disability benefits.
United Kingdom GB
Metropolitan Police found eight Romanian nationals, including a 15-year-old boy, who had been trafficked to the UK with false promises of accommodation, fair pay, food and legitimate work, and forced to work at a car wash in Mitcham, south London. They were housed in a small room on site and routinely subjected to physical, mental and psychological abuse.
Myanmar
260 people from 20 nationalities rescued from cyber scam compounds. Victims from Ethiopia Kenya Philippines Pakistan forced to run online fraud Accused: Chinese-national criminal syndicates operating border compounds.
Cambodia
215 foreigners freed from three-storey scam building. 109 Thais 50 Pakistanis 48 Indians. Largest single-building rescue Accused: Cross-border scam syndicate.
Nigeria
Recruitment hub for European trafficking route. Young women deceived with promises of hairdressing jobs subjected to debt bondage of 35000-70000 euros Accused: Nigerian Madams operating from Italy with local recruiters.
United States
Family smuggled Brazilian migrants into the US for $18,000-22,000 fees, then forced them to work off the debt at two Woburn restaurants under threats of violence and deportation. Accused: Jesse James Moraes, Hugo Giovanni Moraes, and Chelbe Willams Moraes.
Australia AU
Vanuatu workers employed under the PALM scheme on a sweet-potato farm were allegedly subjected to unlawful wage deductions. Between January and March 2022, 29 employees were fined $500 each for alleged breaches of an employer alcohol policy, totalling $14,500. Some workers were left with approximately $150 net pay for a week after deductions.
United States US
Between December 2023 and January 2024, two men trafficked a 16-year-old runaway for commercial sex across North and South Carolina, advertising her online, arranging encounters in hotel rooms and keeping the money she earned.
United States US
In April 2024, an El Cajon man tried to recruit a 14-year-old high school student for commercial sex. A week later he recruited a 22-year-old woman experiencing homelessness online and sent her to work in street prostitution in National City for his own profit.
Switzerland CH
Indian domestic workers employed at the Hinduja family’s Geneva villa were severely underpaid, worked up to 18 hours a day with little or no time off, had their passports confiscated, and had their freedom of movement restricted.
China CN
An Indonesian domestic worker was awarded HK$868,607 in compensation after suffering severe physical abuse by her former Hong Kong employers. The ruling concluded a decade-long legal battle and renewed calls for stronger protection of migrant domestic workers.
United States
Three individuals held immigrant women against their will at a Houston residence, forcing labor while also running a pirated CD/DVD distribution operation from the same property. Accused: Estela Aguilar-Lopez, Blanca Estela Lopez-Aguilar, and Francisco Ivan Rodriguez-Garcia.
Uganda UG
Ugandans recruited for jobs abroad, including domestic work in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere in the Middle East, are vulnerable to forced labor, and Uganda is a transit point for migrants seeking work in the Middle East whom traffickers exploit. Labor recruitment companies have been investigated for illegally holding migrant workers' passports, and observers alleged that some high-level officials were linked to recruitment companies suspected of trafficking.
United States
Forced child labor case resulting in landmark life sentence. Minors compelled to work under threat of serious harm Accused: Individual perpetrator.
DR Congo
Amnesty International and Afrewatch documented children as young as seven working in dangerous cobalt mining tunnels near Kolwezi, with the mineral traced through traders to major electronics and battery manufacturers. Accused: Trading depots and mine operators purchasing cobalt from child-labor sites with no oversight.
Malaysia MY
More than 108,000 Rohingya refugees in Malaysia cannot legally work, which leaves them vulnerable to exploitation, and refugees, asylum-seekers and stateless people are exploited in forced labor. Traffickers also recruit young women and girls, recently including from Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda, with offers of legal work in restaurants, hotels and salons, then exploit them in sex trafficking.
Philippines PH
Five children in the Philippines were sexually exploited in livestreamed webcam shows purchased by a U.S.-based offender. The offender purchased at least 15 livestreams, communicated with traffickers in the Philippines, negotiated payments and directed specific sexual acts for the children to perform.
India
Women and girls from Nepal and Bangladesh trafficked into brothels. Debt bondage and document confiscation used for control Accused: Cross-border trafficking network with brothel operators.
Spain ES
Police dismantled a crime group forcing women into prostitution across four brothels on the Costa del Sol. At least 500 women were exploited.
Thailand
Indian nationals rescued from scam compound after being recruited with fake IT job offers. Passports confiscated beaten for failing quotas Accused: Indian-Chinese recruitment network.
United States
Online sex trafficking operation advertised victims on commercial sex websites. Victims moved between cities Accused: Multi-person trafficking organization.
United States
A Micronesian couple recruited two young men from Micronesia with promises of legal US work, then withheld their passports to coerce their labor at a meat processing plant. Accused: Micronesian couple (Federated States of Micronesia citizens) operating in Ottumwa, Iowa.
United States
Federal agents broke up cyber-enabled trafficking using social media recruitment encrypted messaging and cryptocurrency Accused: Multi-state digital network.
United States
Couple brought a Guinean girl to their Texas home at age of a minor child and forced her to labor unpaid in their household for over 16 years until neighbors helped her escape. Accused: Mohamed Toure and Denise Cros-Toure.