We have been waiting for this moment since launching our campaign last October, so how is it looking?We are delighted that the Bill demands transparency from companies to show how they stop the exploitation of vulnerable workers. This is a requirement that goes beyond the UK’s Modern Slavery Act, which doesn’t make any requirements on the detail to be included in the report.
The Australia Bill also covers public procurement. This could make Australia the first country with a nationwide responsability on governments to consider their impact on modern slavery when spending billions of dollars on public services.

The Australian Government introduced the Modern Slavery Bill to parliament today, a move that will require some 3,000 companies to now report on how they are addressing modern slavery in their supply chains. While the new bill has been largely welcomed by civil society and anti-slavery groups, many are concerned that there are no punishments for companies that fail to comply. To read the entire article, click here https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/jun/28/modern-slavery-bill-welcomed-but-no-penalties-for-breaching-act

Noura Hussein has been spared from the death penalty and found not guilty of premeditated murder by an appeals court in Sudan. However, while her death sentence was quashed, Noura was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to five years in prison.

L’Argentina aderisce alla Convenzione sulla criminalità informatica (ETS n° 185). La Convenzione è il primo trattato internazionale sulle infrazioni penali commesse via internet e su altre reti informatiche, e tratta in particolare le violazioni dei diritti d’autore, la frode informatica, la pornografia infantile e le violazioni della sicurezza della rete. Contiene inoltre una serie di misure e procedure appropriate, quali la perquisizione dei sistemi di reti informatiche e l’intercettazione dei dati. Il suo obiettivo principale, enunciato nel preambolo, è perseguire una politica penale comune per la protezione della società contro la cibercriminalità, in special modo adottando legislazioni appropriate e promuovendo la cooperazione internazionale https://www.coe.int/en/web/conventions/recent-changes-for-treaties-monthly-summary

 Child sex traffickers are now hanging out on social media and gaming sites, pretending to be poor, troubled teens like the victims they target.It’s a process anti-trafficking campaigners call ‘grooming,’ where children,  aged 11 to 15, are courted online by people who pretend to be their peers. Once they’ve gained their trust, they lure or coerce these children to send sexual images of themselves that are shared online. Thomson Reuters Foundation says: recruiters are of similar age (to their victims). They say, ‘I too have problems at school and with my parents. From the USA to the Philippines, a soaring number of young people are being trafficked online, fueled by the global spread of cheap, high-speed internet and rising mobile phone ownership, particularly in developing countries.About 750,000 sexual predators worldwide are online at any given moment, the U.S.-based International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children said last year, often grooming children for sexual abuse as a first step to enslaving them.Experts say that children who come from poor backgrounds or broken families are most at risk .In the United States, last year the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) found that 1 in 7 missing children was a likely victim of sex trafficking. In response to the growing problem of grooming, numerous groups and telecommunication companies around the world are trying to educate children and parents on safe ways to use the internet.To read the entire article,  https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-trafficking-technology-youth/grooming-is-gateway-to-child-sex-trafficking-as-seducing-moves-online-idUSKBN1JD00I

Intel, HP, Apple ai primi posti nella graduatoria delle aziende che stanno cercando  di eliminare il lavoro forzato dalle loro catene di produzione e distribuzione. Tuttavia altre aziende     famose come Amazon, Nintendo e Canon risultano agli ultimi posti. La classifica, compilata da KnowTheChain ha valutato le prime 40 aziende che si occupano di informazione globale e tecnologie della Comunicazione che hanno intrapreso azioni contro il lavoro forzato. Molte compagnie hanno mostrato miglioramenti nel 2018, soprattutto Intel che ha superato Apple ed HP.

The BBC reports:The children, who were unaccompanied, are now in a shelter for victims of trafficking which run by the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).Five other potential victims, also children, were stopped from boarding a flight to Russia when staff noticed they had one-way tickets.Criminals have been pressurising young Nigerians and their parents to take advantage of the World Cup to get Russian visas, NAPTIP says.NAPTIP says that these children are likely to be exploited by traffickers upon leaving Nigeria.Thomson Reuters Foundation reported that NAPTIP’s director Julie Okah-Donli issued a statement saying, “The agency will not give traffickers any opportunity to use the World Cup to ferry Nigerians out into a life of misery abroad.”Across Europe, many African victims of human trafficking come from Nigeria. The UN Migration Agency says that the majority of sex trafficking victims in Italy are Nigerian women.To read the entire article, click here https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-44438570

A woman who was kidnapped by guerrillas in El Salvador nearly three decades ago and forced to work for them “under the threat of death” is now facing deportation after a U.S. court ruled that her enslavement constituted “material support” for terrorists. The main appellate body of the immigration courts heard that the woman was abducted in 1990 by guerrillas, who subsequently forced her to cook and clean for them. According to court documents, the militants even “forced [her] to witness her husband, a sergeant in the Salvadoran Army, dig his own grave before being killed.” To read the entire article, click here https://edition.cnn.com/2018/06/06/politics/woman-el-salvador-guerillas-ruling/index.html

The Walk Free Foundation incubated the concept of mobilising citizens worldwide in 2012 through WalkFree.org.  In four short years, WalkFree.org grew to a global community of more than eight million people, the largest group ever mobilised around the issue of modern slavery. Together they drove 29 campaign wins that impacted business and government behaviour and empowered civil society.In 2016 leadership of this global movement was handed to Audacity Factor, a US-based accelerator and collaboration committed to ending modern slavery, and Freedom United was born.Freedom United works tirelessly to end the demand for modern slavery by inspiring the global community to become anti-slavery advocates through sharing knowledge and awareness raising. Over 8 million people have joined with Freedom United to take action against modern slavery. They represent every country  and have launched 99 different campaigns across different areas such as forced labour, human trafficking, child slavery, domestic slavery and forced marriage. Freedom United are partnered with 71 organisations around the world and they equip their advocates with the time, money and resources to combat modern slavery and challenge the system.

You feel bad, angry, upset Don’t worry better days will come again Maybe those days will never come again But don’t forget to hope Hope. What is it ? The only way to believe It’s maybe a lie But it’s better than to feel nothing And maybe that hope that you feel…. Is the only way to believe Do I believe ? I forgot to believe, to love and to be loved But we can be reborn, feel, be bad Be angry, be upset, love, breathe To feel everything or nothing But anyway it’s Your Life, My Life Keep it, love it, don’t hurt it And if the others push you, hit you, destroy you Get up and be reborn, rebuild Don’t let anyone be your shadow Make Your Own Shadow And never forget to HOPE .