Voices of human trafficking

Updated: Wed, 30 Apr 2014

"I had no idea I'd been sex trafficked" - Japanese mafia sex slave
A Colombian man offered her work in Japan, where the Yakuza took her passport and told her she had to pay $50,000 for her freedom

"We all thought we were going to die" - Syria shipwreck survivor
Number of fatalities in treacherous sea crossings has risen sharply By Kieran Guilbert | Tue, 30 Sep 2014
"Protect me from the beasts," pleads trafficked Pakistani
Zunaira was 15 with dreams of becoming a software engineer when she was forced into sex work By Azam Khan | Wed, 2 Apr 2014
Stateless Rohingya boy recounts ordeal at the hands of traffickers
How statelessness and riots drove a Rohingya teenager into a dangerous journey By Thin Lei Win | Tue, 27 May 2014
The prostitute could be your sister, says trafficking victim
Sophie Hayes wants to stop the demand for prostitution by raising the awareness of men about sex trafficking, and making it a crime to pay for sex By Stella Dawson | Fri, 4 Oct 2013
Thai woman fights for stateless after dodging life in brothels
Given the choice of working in a factory or brothel, a young stateless woman finds a path to another life altogether By Thin Lei Win | Fri, 12 Sep 2014
The story of "Air" - a child slave in Thailand
Air was kidnapped and forced to work from the age of seven. There was no pay, only beatings. By Thin Lei Win | Wed, 6 Aug 2014
"I was scared they'd kill me" - one Burmese woman's story of being ...
"I knew something was wrong when the car veered off on a road going deeper into China" - survivor By A TrustLaw correspondent | Tue, 4 Dec 2012
The thorn and the leaf: women's lot in Myanmar
In Myanmar's conservative society, forced marriage remains common and the family's need for money can lead to daughters being tricked into prostitution by traffickers, as conversations in this blog show By Thomson Reuters Foundation correspondent | Tue, 4 Dec 2012
Myanmar's trafficked brides fill China's shortage of women
Seven out of every 10 trafficking cases in Myanmar in 2011 "were committed solely with the intention of forcing girls and women into marriages with Chinese men" By A TrustLaw correspondent | Tue, 4 Dec 2012