Chaired by former UK prime minister, Baroness Theresa May (left), the Global Commission on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking formally delivered a new report to UN Secretary-General António ...

A McDonald’s restaurant and a bread factory in England missed signs of modern slavery for years while a human trafficking gang forced its victims to work for the companies, according to a report.

The technology for ensuring that supply chains are free of modern slavery is here, says Koray Kose, senior director analyst with Gartner. The challenge lies in getting companies to adopt it. Various ...

What the act did successfully was to raise awareness about modern slavery, which contributed to an increase of people referred to UK authorities as potential victims: in 2024, this was over 19,000 ...

The United States faces an alarming reality: approximately three in every 1,000 people within its borders live in conditions of modern slavery, including forced labor and human trafficking. This ...

Survivors of modern slavery in the UK are identified through the national referral mechanism. In 2022, nearly 3,000 people were formally recognised as victims through this system.