Care and Empowerment Amid 5th wave of COVID
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
To ensure the quality of STOP eNews, we will be trialling a new release schedule. Starting in February, our current news & resources sharing will follow a bi-monthly schedule, while the release of STOP highlights will remain unchanged, issued on the last day of each month. If you have any feedback or suggestions, please let us know via email news@stophk.org. Thank you again for your subscription!
HIGHLIGHT OF THE MONTH
COVID-19 Response: Reaching marginalised migrants in Hong Kong
The fifth wave of COVID-19 continues to hit the city hard. While Hong Kong people are busy fighting the pandemic, STOP team is sourcing supplies diligently for our community of trafficking survivors. Among the cases supported by STOP, some former migrant domestic workers who remain in Hong Kong for legal procedure have, unfortunately, tested positive for COVID-19. STOP caseworker has then supported them by delivering emergency packages, including rapid antigen tests, over-the-counter symptomatic medicine, health care information, and food.
Survivors of human trafficking are vulnerable to coronavirus as much as we all are. They face challenges unique to the marginalised condition. Many of them are staying in Hong Kong with a visitor visa (for processing legal procedures). It leaves them no choice but to stay at boarding houses or emergency shelters, and to rely on limited support from charity like us. Crowded living space exposes them to the risk of infection. Survivors of trafficking usually experience mental and physical trauma from the past, which causes chronic illness. If they test virus positive, their medical challenge is not just the long waiting hours at public health care, but the possible serious complication.
Branches of Hope and STOP team are now facing challenges of supporting human trafficking survivors in this difficult time. Our service target covers unemployed migrant domestic workers, sex trafficking victims and other communities at-risk. You can help us by donating here: http://give.asia/bohfood2022
#GoBeyondtheLabel makes a return
Our winter campaign #GoBeyondtheLabel is back with more knowledge bites on modern slavery in the global food supply chain. Which foods are involved? What can we as consumers do? Click on the images to find out more! 🍚🍓🎣
MARCH PREVIEW
STOP Info Session
In this Info Session, we will cover the problem of human trafficking, what STOP is doing to fight it and how you can get involved. We will also introduce STOP volunteer opportunities, including Migrant Domestic Worker Outreach and Ethical Consumer App Research. We can’t wait to see you there!
Date: 5 March, 2022 (Saturday)
Time: 4:00-5:30pm
Format: Zoom
Language: Cantonese
STOP ENEWS AIMS TO PROVIDE CURRENT NEWS, EVENTS, AND RESOURCES TO THE ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING COMMUNITY IN HONG KONG. IF YOU HAVE ANTI-TRAFFICKING RELATED ACTIVITIES OR RESOURCES YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THROUGH OUR ENEWS NETWORK, SEND YOUR SUGGESTIONS TO NEWS@STOPHK.ORG. INCLUSION OF CONTENT IN NO WAY REFLECTS THE VIEWS OF OUR ORGANISATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.STOP IS AN INITIATIVE OF BRANCHES OF HOPE BASED IN HONG KONG. IT IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH ANY OTHER ANTI-TRAFFICKING ORGANISATION OF THE SAME OR SIMILAR NAME.
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本月焦點
支援邊緣群體 同行抗疫
第五波新冠病毒疫情殺香港人一個措手不及，全城抗疫之時，STOP團隊正為我們服務的人口販運倖存者張羅。最近我們服務的倖存者中，有等候法律程序的前外籍家庭傭工不幸染上新冠肺炎。我們的個案工作員立即為他送上新冠肺炎應急包，包括快速抗原測試包、徵狀適用的成藥、健康資訊卡及食物。 人口販運倖存者與我們一樣，同樣在社區中有被感染的風險；當大部分人可以選擇居家抗疫之時，在香港的邊緣群體所面對的挑戰前所未見。
人口販運倖存者來自五湖四海，有些人不諳中文及英語，要獲取本地不斷更新的政府防疫措施資訊，成了他們日常生活的困難。以旅客簽證留港處理法律程序的倖存者，靠慈善團體微薄的資助，暫居於外傭宿舍，幾個人留宿於一個狹小的房間，令他們暴露在更高的感染風險之中。此外，部分人口販運倖存者過往的身心創傷有可能導致他們長期需要醫療護理，一旦染上新冠肺炎，倖存者顧慮的不只是公共醫療設施的等候時間，更可能因此引發嚴重併發症。
希望枝子及STOP團隊正面臨支援人口販運倖存者的挑戰，我們服務的對象包括前外籍家務工、性販運受害人、及其他高風險社群。你可以透過到 http://give.asia/BOHfood2022 捐助支持及協助我們和人口販運倖存者渡過第五波抗疫難關。
「標籤背後的故事」系列返嚟啦！
喺全球食物供應鏈中，農業（包括作物同牲畜嘅生產）係牽涉奴役嘅高危行業之一。農業嘅高勞動性，涉及大量低技能勞工同埋相對較短嘅工作週期，都係導致行業成為高危嘅因素。 至於邊啲食品牽涉其中？作為消費者嘅我哋又可以點做？Click入下圖了解更多啦！
活動預告
STOP資訊日
活動當日，我哋會介紹人口販運議題、STOP嘅工作以及義工機會，包括 外籍家務工外展服務 及 良心消費應用程式研究 。無論你想知多一點，或想加入做義工，我哋都歡迎你參加！
日期：2022年3月5日（星期六）
時間：下午4:00-5:30
形式：Zoom
語言：廣東話
STOP. 中文電子報每月出版，旨在向本港打擊販運人口的社區提供最新的新聞和資源。如你有反人口販運的資訊想透過本報發放，請聯絡 NEWS@STOPHK.ORG。本電子報內容並不反映 STOP. 的立場，謝謝您對本組織的支持。STOP. 是 希望枝子有限公司 (BRANCHES OF HOPE) 其中一個項目，旨在對抗人口販運。本組織與其他名稱類同的反人口販運組織並無關連。
THIS MONTHLY NEWSLETTER IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY STOP TRAFFICKING OF PEOPLE (STOP), PROVIDING YOU WITH THE MOST UP-TO-DATE NEWS, EVENTS AND RESOURCES RELATED TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING. FOR DAILY UPDATES, VISIT OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.
HIGHLIGHT OF THE MONTH
Human Trafficking Awareness Month: #SpotTheSignsFebruary Preview
If you think slavery is an outdated concept, you are wrong. Modern slavery and human trafficking are closely related, and unfortunately, human trafficking is happening in many corners around the world every day. January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month, and we believe awareness can save lives!
In the past few weeks, we have shared about signs of modern slavery:
Labour Exploitation | Forced Marriage | Criminal Exploitation
Help us spot those in our communities together – being able to do so could make a life-changing difference. You might walk past or speak to someone who needs help without you even realising it.
February Preview
STOP Info Session is back! Want to learn more about Human Trafficking? Want to get involved? This event is for you. In this Info Session, we will cover the problem of human trafficking, what STOP is doing to fight it and how you can get involved. We will introduce volunteer opportunities including Outreach and promoting Ethical Consumerism.
Date: 26 February, 2022 (Saturday)
Time: 4:00-5:30pm
Format: Zoom
Language: English
We also have a Cantonese Info Session on 5 March! Click here for more details.
HONG KONG
Doctor among customers in brothel offering underage sex workers
Date: 9 January 2022 | Source: The Standard
Officers cracked down a brothel in an old residential and commercial old building on Ichang Street, where they took away the two teenage. Police arrested six local men and a local woman, aged between 22 and 57, including two operators and five customers. Police said although no evidence shows that those underage girls have been forced to engage in sex work, at least one of them was lured by drugs for providing sexual services.
Access the article here.
ASIA
For Chinese workers in Indonesia, no pay, no passports, no way home
Date: 9 January 2022 | Source: Sixth Tone
Out of options and desperate for work, Huang Guomeng left his hometown in the central Henan province for what he hoped would be a good job in Indonesia. But once he reported for work at a nickel industrial park in Morowali County on Sulawesi Island, hope gave way to despair. The outsourcing company in Indonesia that recruited him and promised better wages confiscated his passport.
Access the article here.
Social media apps help scale up sex trafficking
Date: 11 January 2022 | Source: Pulitzer Centre
Ayesha had lost her job at a small fabric shop earlier this year because of the pandemic. At the time, she had also started dating Rifadul Islam, who had been introduced to her by a mutual friend. She even went to three TikTok hangout parties with the 26-year-old Islam, who used the handle “TikTokHridoy” on the social-media app. “He had promised to make me a TikTok star in some foreign countries,” 18-year-old Ayesha told Asia Democracy Chronicles. “I was not aware that I was being lured by the gang of traffickers using TikTok as a trap,” she said.
Access the article here.
16 Ugandan students forced to work in central Taiwan factories
Date: 13 January 2022 | Source: Taiwan News
The Ministry of Education has barred Chungchou University of Science and Technology (CCUT) from recruiting foreign students after one of its 16 Ugandan students reported that they had been forced into factory work for long hours as “interns” and were not provided scholarships or instruction in English as promised. The Reporter released an account of the conditions at CCUT by Collines Mugisha, a 21-year-old former student of the university from Uganda.
Access the article here.
GLOBAL
Alleged head of child exploitation ring accused of prostituting own daughter
Date: 7 January 2022 | Source: Breitbart
An accused leader of a child exploitation ring in Spain has been accused by authorities of prostituting his own daughter while presenting her as an adult on sexual websites. The investigation into the exploitation network began last year in April when the Family and Women’s Care Unit (UFAM) of Madrid found a 16-year-old girl was being sold to adults for sex in exchange for money or drugs. Investigators say that the gang lured the girls through social media networks with promises to make money and taught them to sell drugs as well.
Access the article here.
Italian police arrest alleged Black Axe Nigerian mafia members over trafficking
Date: 19 January 2022 | Source: The Guardian
Four alleged members of the Nigerian mafia have been arrested in southern Italy after a young sex trafficking survivor spoke out against them. Investigators in Palermo who led the operation said the woman, who is also Nigerian, was forced into sex work after taking part in an occult ritual bound up with traditional spiritual beliefs, known as juju, which bond victims to their traffickers and to any debts they will incur. The abuse of religious and cultural belief systems in Nigeria has proved a deadly and highly effective control mechanism for traffickers recruiting women destined for the sex trade in Europe.
Access the article here.
‘Miserable and dangerous’: A failed Chinese promise in Serbia
Date: 24 January 2022 | Source: New York Times
Seeking escape from grinding poverty in northern Vietnam, the 43-year-old farmer labored for years on construction sites in Kuwait and Uzbekistan before being offered a ticket to what he was told would be “the promised land” — Europe, and a job with a good salary. His life certainly changed: It got much worse. The job turned out to be in Serbia, one of Europe’s poorest nations, with a Chinese company whose gigantic tire factory now under construction. Workers and activists say problems like human trafficking, prisonlike working conditions and environmental abuse are endemic.
Access the article here.
RESOURCES
[Investigation] Jails in Thailand force prisoners to make fishing nets under threat of violence
Date: 24 December 2021 | Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Thai prisoners are being forced to make fishing nets for private companies under threat of punishment including beatings and delayed release, a Thomson Reuters Foundation investigation has found. Former prisoners said prison officers threatened to beat them with batons, withdraw the right to wash or push back their release date if they did not meet stringent targets. The work was compulsory, but paid only a fraction of Thailand’s minimum wage and some workers were not paid at all, they said. “Our fingers would be all sore with wounds. It’s real torture … it’s the worst type of work.”
Access the article here.
[Legal Update] The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act goes into effect in the United States
Date: 14 January 2022 | Source: Gibson Dunn
On December 23, 2021, President Biden signed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (the “UFLPA” or “Act”) into law. The UFLPA, is the latest in a line of U.S. efforts to address the plight of Uyghurs and other persecuted minority groups in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (the “XUAR”). A key feature of the Act is the creation of a rebuttable presumption that all goods manufactured even partially in the XUAR are the product of forced labor and therefore not entitled to entry at U.S. ports.
Access the article here.
STOP ENEWS, PUBLISHED EVERY MONTH, AIMS TO PROVIDE CURRENT NEWS, EVENTS, AND RESOURCES TO THE ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING COMMUNITY IN HONG KONG. IF YOU HAVE ANTI-TRAFFICKING RELATED ACTIVITIES OR RESOURCES YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THROUGH OUR ENEWS NETWORK, SEND YOUR SUGGESTIONS TO NEWS@STOPHK.ORG. INCLUSION OF CONTENT IN NO WAY REFLECTS THE VIEWS OF OUR ORGANISATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.STOP IS AN INITIATIVE OF BRANCHES OF HOPE BASED IN HONG KONG. IT IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH ANY OTHER ANTI-TRAFFICKING ORGANISATION OF THE SAME OR SIMILAR NAME.
本月焦點
關注人口販運月
如果你覺得「#奴隸制」只係一個古舊嘅思想，咁你就錯喇！現代奴隸制同人口販運互相緊扣，而人口販運不幸地每日都喺世界好多唔同角落發生緊。 呢個月係「關注人口販運月」，而我哋相信提高大家對議題嘅認識能有效幫助有需要嘅人！過去幾個星期，我哋喺IG同大家分享咗一啲現代奴隸有跡可尋嘅線索: 勞動剝削 ｜ 強迫婚姻 ｜ 犯罪剝削
知道呢啲線索，你都可以幫手留意下身邊嘅人同事，話唔定你都可以發現到一啲需要或等緊救援嘅人，向佢哋伸出援手！
活動預告
期待已久嘅STOP資訊日嚟啦！想知道更多關於人口販運嘅資訊？想更了解STOP嘅工作？咁就快啲報名參加啦！我們會介紹人口販運議題、STOP的工作以及義工機會，包括外展及推廣良心消費。無論你想知多一點，或想加入做義工，我們都歡迎你參加，與我們攜手，一起打擊人口販運！
日期：2022年3月5日（星期六）
時間：下午4:00-5:30
形式：Zoom
語言：廣東話
另外，二月份我們亦會舉辦英文資訊日，有興趣嘅人士可前往以下連結查看活動詳情。
香港
警搗兒童色情場所拘兩主持 5嫖客涉衰十一被捕
日期：2022年1月9日 ｜來源：香港01
警方7日搗破一個隱藏於尖沙咀商住唐樓的兒童色情場所，拘捕1男1女主持，及5名涉嫌「衰十一」男嫖客，帶走兩名分別13歲及15歲女童，並追查同案最少3名女童。警方指該場所極為有組織，嫖客均為熟客，男女主持透過社交媒體發放雛妓值班訊息及進行預約，每次肉金為1300至2500元不等，與女童三七拆帳。據悉，案中女童疑被人以毒品利誘參與賣淫。
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亞洲
一帶一路：中國工人印尼打工的慘痛遭遇，新冠疫情下的崎嶇回家路
日期：2022年1月10日 ｜來源：BBC中文
59歲的羅向前（化名）經由中國江蘇省一家名為「然越勞務派遣公司」，被僱到一家名為「安徽鵬德」的外協公司，2021年4月被派到印尼的一家中國冶煉企業工地德龍工業園工作。他稱自己薪水被剋扣，討薪時遭這家勞務派遣公司人員毆打，公司管理層也以疫情為由，拒絶讓他繼續求醫，向中國大使館發出的求救信息也石沉大海。他的經歷是眾多身在印尼的中國勞工的寫照。這幾家中國冶煉企業工地近期接連傳出中國務工工人被剋扣工資、扣留護照、毆打，甚至是瞞報因工死亡、自殺等事件。
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人權專家警告：塔利班試圖使婦女和女孩在公共生活中消失
日期：2022年1月17日 ｜來源：聯合國新聞
近30位聯合國人權專家今天共同發表聲明表示，阿富汗的塔利班領導人正在將針對婦女和女孩的大規模和系統性的性別歧視和暴力製度化。人權專家們還注意到，婦女和女童遭受剝削的風險增加，包括以童婚和強迫婚姻為目的的販運，以及性剝削和強迫勞動。
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國際
從此再無新疆貨？美國涉疆新法攪動全球供應鏈
日期：2022年1月13日 ｜來源：風傳媒
2021年歲末，美國總統拜登將《防止強迫維吾爾人勞動法案》（The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act）簽署成法。這部新法將全面禁止企業從新疆地區或與該地區政府有關聯的實體進口產品，除非企業能夠提供明確且令人信服的證據，證明產品非由強迫勞動製造。分析認為，新法必將對全球供應鏈構成影響，但具體情況將取決於未來美國政府的執法力度。
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西班牙搗破迫使中國女性賣淫集團 團夥頭目亦是中國女性
日期：2022年1月20日 ｜來源：自由亞洲電台
西班牙警方日前搗破一個奴役中國女性的賣淫網絡，團夥頭目在中國使用欺騙手段，誘騙很多中國女性來到西方，警方斥人口販賣者將這些女性當作「撈金工具」。該網絡的頭目是一名中國女性，至少在西班牙生活逾10年。這些被迫成為性奴的中國女性由薩拉戈薩（Zaragoza）地下集團控制。她們不僅被逼賣淫，非法組織還強迫她們向客戶出售大麻、可卡因等非法藥物。警方發現，受害女性的生活環境極其惡劣，並且要在剝削者的監視下進行非法工作。
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「這裡就像人間地獄」：中資輪胎廠在塞爾維亞引發憤怒
日期：2022年1月24日 ｜來源：紐約時報中文網
為了擺脫越南北部的極度貧困，一位43歲的農民在科威特和烏茲別克斯坦的建築工地上工作了多年，最終獲得了一張通往歐洲的票和一份薪酬優厚的工作，人們曾告訴他，那將是他的「應許之地」。他的生活的確變了：變得更糟了。原來這份工作是在塞爾維亞——歐洲最貧窮的國家之一——為一家中國公司工作，該公司目前正在北部城市茲雷尼亞寧建設巨大的輪胎工廠。
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評論及資源
[漫畫] 綁債．黑工．留學陷阱｜困在隧道的青春：在台烏干達學生的血淚故事
日期：2022年1月10日 ｜來源：報導者
2021年中，我們掌握在彰化中州科技大學就讀的16位烏干達學生，如何滿心期待跨越萬里赴台就讀，卻淪為背債底層的「學工」。對人均所得2,000多美元的烏干達人來說，赴台留學帶著強烈的決心。他們得先付出數萬元的機票簽證費，每學期近10萬元的學費、住宿費和生活費；學校招聘人員說會有獎學金、好的打工實習機會，但事情從啟程那一刻開始變調：取得簽證後，學生們被要求在48小時內離境、匆匆來台，沒機會和家人朋友說再見；他們在看不懂的中文合約上簽字，簽約時還被要求不准拍照。學校的承諾，來台後無一兌現。
來自烏干達的Collines，告訴我們他的故事⋯⋯
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[專題調查] 澳洲移民剝削調查：隱藏在身邊的陰暗秘密
日期：2021年12月18日 ｜來源：ABC中文
拖欠工資、剝削和現代奴役在新聞報導中往往是互無關聯的醜聞，但對澳大利亞的許多新移民來說，它們是不可避免的慘痛經歷。記者在過去三年就本報導進行調查的過程中，ABC定期訪問和接觸了超過100名臨時簽證持有者，他們在工作場所受到不同程度的剝削，其經歷隨著跟踪訪問的進行亦逐漸展開。
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STOP. 中文電子報每月出版，旨在向本港打擊販運人口的社區提供最新的新聞和資源。如你有反人口販運的資訊想透過本報發放，請聯絡 NEWS@STOPHK.ORG。本電子報內容並不反映 STOP. 的立場，謝謝您對本組織的支持。STOP. 是 希望枝子有限公司 (BRANCHES OF HOPE) 其中一個項目，旨在對抗人口販運。本組織與其他名稱類同的反人口販運組織並無關連。New Year! New Norm! New Goals!
THIS MONTHLY NEWSLETTER IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY STOP TRAFFICKING OF PEOPLE (STOP), PROVIDING YOU WITH THE MOST UP-TO-DATE NEWS, EVENTS AND RESOURCES RELATED TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING. FOR DAILY UPDATES, VISIT OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.
HIGHLIGHT OF THE MONTH
Migrant Domestic Worker Resource Card
In order to further reach out to those who are vulnerable to exploitation in Hong Kong, we have created a resource card for migrant domestic workers recently. No matter you are the employer or the employee, this pocket-sized resource card is perfect for you to share with your community as it contains useful information regarding worker rights, and where to seek help when needed. DM us if you would like to have a hard copy of the resource card.
The card is currently available in English and Tagalog, more translations are coming! Share with your friends via WhatsApp, Signal, social media etc.!
HONG KONG
Hong Kong employer jailed for abusing domestic worker Erwiana in 2015 declared bankrupt
Date: 7 December 2021 | Source: Hong Kong Free Press
A Hong Kong woman jailed for abusing Indonesian domestic worker Erwiana Sulistyaningsih has been declared bankrupt by a Hong Kong court. Law Wan-tung was released under supervision in 2018, having served only half of her jail sentence. She has yet to repay her victims and the Justice Department, local media reported earlier this year.
Access the article here.
ASIA
China crime: Man who sold his 5 children to human traffickers sentenced to 10 years in jail
Date: 15 December 2021 | Source: South China Morning Post
A couple in central China had five children within eight years and the father sold them successively for a total of 180,000 yuan (HK$220,463), a local court has revealed. The man “made childbirth as a way to make profits” and sold the babies after they were born to whoever wanted them, regardless of their motive for buying the children, the court said.
Access the article here.
Debt-trapped Lao ‘chat girls’ forced to sell sex in China-run economic zone
Date: 19 December 2021 | Source: Radio Free Asia
When a young woman from the Lao capital Vientiane took on a job as a “chat girl” at the Kings Romans Casino in far northern Laos, she saw a chance to earn an honest living selling shares in her new company to casino patrons. But only months after she was recruited and had already agreed to take on debt to finance her application fees and moving expenses, she was told she would have to start selling sex when she couldn’t meet impossibly high sales quotas.
Access the article here.
Analysis: Malaysia’s labour abuse allegations a risk to export growth model
Date: 22 December 2021 | Source: Reuters
Malaysia has for decades banked on migrant workers to power mainstay manufacturing and agriculture, becoming an integral part of the global supply chain. But as the reliance on foreign labour has increased, so have complaints of abusive working and living conditions for workers. Malaysia’s government and companies must address mounting allegations of workplace abuse of migrant labourers who fuel the country’s economy, or face risks to its export-reliant growth model, experts warn.
Access the article here.
GLOBAL
Ghislaine Maxwell trial: Key moments from witness testimony
Date: 10 December 2021 | Source: The Cut
More than one year after her capture, fugitive socialite Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking trial is under way. Federal prosecutors maintain that, as early as 1994, Maxwell helped her late friend and employer Jeffrey Epstein “recruit, groom, and ultimately abuse” girls as young as 14. Maxwell has always denied the allegations against her as “absolute rubbish.” And yet they have surfaced repeatedly, as Epstein’s victims consistently implicate Maxwell in recounting their abuse.
Access the article here.
Dutch criminals exploiting vulnerable young people, study finds
Date: 23 December 2021 | Source: The Irish Times
A nationwide survey into an emerging form of human trafficking known as “criminal exploitation” is being carried out in the Netherlands. “Criminal exploitation is a relatively new form of human trafficking where victims are forced to commit criminal offences and are therefore wrongly portrayed as perpetrators – while the real criminals remain unaffected,” says Shamir Ceuleers, a team leader with CKM.
Access the article here.
‘A lot of abuse for little pay’: How US farming profits from exploitation and brutality
Date: 25 December 2021 | Source: The Guardian
In June, a farm worker from Mexico, was transported through a trafficking network from Monterey to work on farms in Georgia. They paid the traffickers 20,000 pesos, about HK$7500, loaned from their mother, taking frequent trips back and forth to Monterey, before being told it was safe to leave. They were finally sent to work at a corn farming operation across the border. “There was a lot of abuse for little pay,” the worker added. “It was a total fraud.”
Access the article here.
Venezuelan migrants fall prey to sex traffickers after fleeing their collapsing country
Date: 26 December 2021 | Source: The Wall Street Journal
While sex trafficking is a global problem, human-rights advocates say it has become especially acute in recent years among migrants who have fled dictatorship and the economic crisis in Venezuela. Government officials and rights groups in the Andean region say the traffickers exploit the exodus of nearly six million people from Venezuela—the world’s largest continuing refugee crisis, in number of migrants fleeing, after Syria—by coercing some into sexual bondage with bogus job offers.
Access the article here.
RESOURCES
[Report] Lives in limbo: The experiences of migrant workers navigating Australia’s unsettling migration system
Date: 2 December 2021 | Source: Migrant Workers Centre
A new Migrant Workers Centre survey of over 700 temporary visa holders shows the urgent need for more pathways to permanent residency. The findings, which also draw upon over 50 in depth interviews, are presented in the new report and reveal a broken migration system that sets workers up for exploitation and perpetual uncertainty.
Read the report here
Read more: Inside horticulture’s ‘dark underbelly’ – The unseen workers propping up the farm industry
[Investigation] Revealed: The secret ‘forced labour’ migration route from Vietnam to the UK
Date: 25 December 2021 | Source: The Guardian
An Observer investigation has found that Serbia and Romania are being used as new gateways to Europe for smuggling and trafficking gangs who are using guest worker visa programmes to transport large numbers of Vietnamese workers into eastern Europe. There they are often exploited in factories and construction sites before some are transported across land borders into the EU and, eventually, to the UK.
Access the article here.
[Video] Afghanistan: Children in Kabul working for a piece of bread
Date: 28 December 2021 | Source: BBC News
Children in Kabul are having to work to help support their families, amidst an economic collapse in Afghanistan. Even before the Taliban takeover, hundreds of thousands of Afghan children were forced to earn a living because of widespread poverty. However, since the group came to power, international funding has been largely cut off. Sanctions have also been imposed and, as a result, unemployment is rising. The BBC’s Secunder Kermani spent the day with one group of boys shining shoes in Kabul.
Watch the interview here.
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本月焦點
外籍家務工資訊卡
為咗令易受剝削嘅群體更加了解自己嘅權益，STOP製作咗外籍家務工資訊卡。呢張細細嘅資訊卡提供權益資訊，仲列明求助方法，所以無論你係打工定係老闆，我哋都鼓勵你分享俾身邊認識嘅外傭。如果你都想要實體版，歡迎DM我哋。 外籍家務工資訊卡現時有英語同菲律賓他加祿語，嚟緊會有更多其他語言嘅翻譯嫁！仲唔快啲下載電子版，透過通訊程式或社交媒體分享俾你啲朋友！
香港
Erwiana前僱主獲頒令破產 大狀：兩印傭索償難
日期：2021年12月7日 ｜來源：明報
虐打印傭Erwiana的女僱主羅允彤，2015年在區域法院被判囚6年，2018年刑滿出獄。法庭曾頒令她須向Erwiana及另一名被虐印傭賠償，共逾90萬元，羅允彤今年6月入稟高等法院申請破產，昨被頒令正式破產。就兩名印傭能否取得賠償，大律師陸偉雄表示，破產意味該人無償還能力，追回賠償屬「微乎其微」。
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亞洲
經濟危機下的童婚問題：阿富汗9歲女童被迫童婚，12月3日獲釋
日期：2021年12月3日 ｜來源：關鍵評論
隨著塔利班佔領阿富汗，各國不再援助阿富汗，導致阿富汗經濟狀況每況愈下，更使得童婚問題日益嚴重。阿富汗女性權益倡導人士塞拉吉（Mahbouba Seraj ） 表示，各個家庭為求溫飽，將女孩當作商品賣出，來換取伙食費。
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「上海小紅樓」富商圈養性奴 微博文章全刪光引怒火
日期：2021年12月7日 ｜來源：世界新聞網
被稱為「上海小紅樓案」的「趙富強案」是指發生在2000年至2019年間，上海商人趙富強，囚禁並性剝削求職女性，以及以女色行賄當地官員、國企人員的案件。上海小紅樓案於去年宣判，主嫌涉性剝削、行賄，被判死緩。事件近日再於中國社群平台引發討論，聚焦刑責太輕、公權力貪腐。閱讀量6億的話題卻被微博刪除，點燃網友不滿情緒。
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河北狠父8年間賣5個親生子女獲利18萬 拐賣兒童罪成獲刑10年
日期：2021年12月15日 ｜來源：香港01
來自河北張家口市蔚縣的楊全山，在8年間與妻子生育5名兒女，卻將孩子以2萬至8萬元的價格售予他人，共獲利約18萬人民幣。中國檢察網近日公布起訴書，經審理，河北省蔚縣人民法院判定楊全山犯拐賣兒童罪成，判囚10年。
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專家告誡馬來西亞政府與企業須解決虐待外勞的指控，否則其依賴出口成長的模式將面臨風險
日期：2021年12月27日 ｜來源：經貿透視
過去幾十年來，馬來西亞一直依靠外勞為主要製造業和農業提供勞動力。隨著對外國勞動力依賴的增加，外勞的工作和生活條件惡劣的投訴也越來越多。根據外電報導，接受採訪的11位分析師、評級機構、研究人員、企業顧問和活動人士等專家表示，作為東南亞第三大經濟體的馬國，須改革其勞動法並加強執法，而企業應進行投資以確保提供更好的工作條件。專家告誡馬國政府與企業須解決虐待外勞的指控，否則其依賴出口的成長模式將面臨風險。
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國際
美國喬治亞州奴隸農場 至少2名移工在工作中喪生 1人遭多次強姦
日期：2021年12月8日 ｜來源：Newtalk 新聞
據美國《亞特蘭大憲法報》（The Atlanta Journal-Constitution）報導，美國執法部門破獲一個位在喬治亞州的人口販賣集團，該集團以 H-2A 簽證為誘餌，吸引墨西哥、瓜地馬拉和宏都拉斯等國的移民進入美國務農。靠著長年經營奴隸農場，非法獲利高達 2 億美元。
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CNN製作人誘姦未成年遭逮
日期：2021年12月14日 ｜來源：ETtoday國際新聞
現年44歲的CNN資深製作人格里芬（John Griffin）10日因涉嫌誘姦未成年少女遭逮捕。他在2020年涉嫌引誘至少4名年齡分別為16歲、14歲、13歲和9歲的未成年少女及女童，到他位於佛蒙特州的滑雪別墅進行性愛培訓。 離譜的是，格里芬是透過一個性虐調教網站找到允許他對未成年女兒進行調教訓練的父母，並曾向其中一位母親表示「如果處理得當，無論年齡大小，女人就都是女人」。
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研究發現荷蘭犯罪分子利用脆弱的年輕人
日期：2021年12月25日 ｜來源：健康家園網
荷蘭正在對一種被稱為「犯罪剝削」的新興人口販賣形式進行全國性調查。鹿特丹反人口販賣中心CKM的研究稱，脆弱的年輕人被犯罪分子利用的風險比當局意識到的要大得多，這主要是因為官方統計數據是不現實的，而且掩蓋了而不是揭示了日益嚴重的問題的規模，「犯罪剝削是一種相對較新的人口販賣形式，受害者被迫實施刑事犯罪，因此被錯誤地描繪成罪犯——而真正的罪犯卻不受影響」。
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評論及資源
[觀點] 只是買一件T恤 ，為什麼和印度童工有關？德國《供應鏈法》背後的思考
日期：2021年11月29日 ｜來源：獨立評論
人權議題離我們並不遠，或許眼不可及，但可能就存在於那件我們正準備購入的，一件廉價衣服的織線間。德國聯邦議院7月通過管制德國企業的《供應鏈法》，主要目的是以法條強迫德國企業改善全球供應鏈中的兩個情況，一是人權保護，例如禁止童工和強迫勞動；二是直面「成本」不只價錢，還有無形的環境與社會成本。 這樣的訴求，會不會真的對現存問題帶來改善？在給予期待的同時，或許我們也可以先給自己一個機會，了解為什麼這個議題與你我有關。
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[專題調查] 澳洲移民剝削調查：隱藏在身邊的陰暗秘密
日期：2021年12月18日 ｜來源：ABC中文
拖欠工資、剝削和現代奴役在新聞報導中往往是互無關聯的醜聞，但對澳大利亞的許多新移民來說，它們是不可避免的慘痛經歷。記者在過去三年就本報導進行調查的過程中，ABC定期訪問和接觸了超過100名臨時簽證持有者，他們在工作場所受到不同程度的剝削，其經歷隨著跟踪訪問的進行亦逐漸展開。
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[攝影]「無面者——賣淫女」揭示德國貧困至娼現象
日期：2021年12月19日 ｜來源：德國之聲
在德國，儘管2002年的一項法律取消了賣淫行為的「不道德」標簽、2017年出台了旨在改善性工作者處境的《妓女保護法》，性工作者的法律和社會地位並無明顯改善，從業者仍是剝削和犯罪結構的受害者。曼海姆性工作者咨詢中心創辦人韋格（ Julia Wege ）在接受德國之聲採訪時表示，雖然賣淫已經合法化，但當事婦女卻因污名化而遭受極大痛苦， 「女性常常被迫過著雙重生活」。她指出，性工作者還遠未能從事「像其他任何工作一樣的工作」。
讓性工作者發聲，擯棄陳詞濫調：德國曼海姆市的《無面者——賣淫女》攝影展精細入微地揭示了一個禁忌話題…
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HIGHLIGHT OF THE MONTH
Support Radiant Bloom On Her New Life
Since 2015, STOP has walked alongside survivors of human trafficking as they took brave steps to work through trauma and pursuing justice.
After survived from forced labor situation in 2019, Radiant Bloom, one of STOP’s clients, overcame challenges in recovery physically and mentally, pursuing justice in legal system, and planning for her new life with her family. We are always impressed by her perseverance and passion in life. STOP invites you to support her new journey returning home by donating to her fundraising campaign on Simply Giving. Radiant Bloom’s dream is to start a small grocery store in her hometown to support her family and sell her own design. Ascribed to your generous contribution, Radiant would like to send a pair of earrings handmade by herself as an expression of gratitude.
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Latest Happenings
Getting to meet a new crowd every week, our November has been a month of mutual inspiration. Thank you HKUMed, CEDAR Fund and Discovery College for inviting STOP to share about our experience in the field of anti-human trafficking and modern slavery.
We are dedicated to raising public awareness through public education activities and regular school talks. If you hope to mobilise your community with knowledge on anti-human trafficking, please email us via info@stophk.org or direct message! Workshop topics can be tailored to your interests, including but not limited to:
- Human Trafficking in Hong Kong
- Trafficking Within the Global Supply Chain
- Sex Industry and Human Trafficking
- Prevention of Cyber Sex Trafficking
- Conscious Consumerism
December Preview
Wanting more active participation in the fight against modern slavery and human trafficking? On the first Saturday of each month, STOP hosts a meeting for ardent supporters of the anti-human trafficking movement to come together to discuss and coordinate collective impact initiatives. Our next one is happening soon on 4 December. See you there!
December Anti-Trafficking Community Meeting
Date: 4 December, 2021 (Saturday)
Time: 11:00am-12:30pm
Place: Function Room 3, 1/F, Vine Centre, 29 Burrows Street, Wan Chai
Save the date! At 11:00am on the first Saturday each month, STOP hosts an Anti-Trafficking Community Meeting. It is a great platform to discuss the issue of Human Trafficking and connect with others. The next two meetings are on 6 November and 4 December. Anybody is welcome!
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HONG KONG
Hong Kong should take a leaf from Singapore’s alternative to live-in rule for domestic workers
Date: 19 November 2021 | Source: South China Morning Post
In Singapore, some foreign domestic workers have the option of being employed by companies instead of households, where they would have to live with their bosses. Women previously interviewed by This Week in Asia said the scheme meant better pay, more regular working hours, enhanced labour rights, and increased freedom. Hong Kong should look into this example and take it further.
Access the article here.
ASIA
Singapore court stays execution of man with learning disabilities
Date: 8 November 2021 | Source: Guardian
Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam, a Malaysian national, was arrested in April 2009, for attempting to smuggle 43 grams of heroin into Singapore. The drugs had been strapped to his thigh. He was sentenced to death the following year and, having spent more than 12 years on death row, was told he would face execution on 10 November. Dharmalingam has an IQ of 69, a level recognised as indicating a learning disability, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. His supporters say there is evidence that Dharmalingam was forced to courier drugs as a victim of human trafficking.
Access the article here.
Canada pauses imports from Malaysia glove maker Supermax over forced labour concerns
Date: 14 November 2021 | Source: Reuters
Malaysian factories making everything from medical gloves to palm oil have increasingly come under scrutiny over allegations they abuse foreign workers, who form a significant part of the manufacturing workforce. Canada has paused imports from Malaysian glove maker Supermax Corp as it awaits the results of an audit, weeks after the United States barred the firm over allegations the company uses forced labour.
Access the article here.
GLOBAL
Working children claim their rights in Cameroon
Date: 27 October 2021 | Source: Open Democracy
My name is Wilfried Essomba Onguene. At a certain point in my childhood, my parents experienced many problems. My father was no longer regularly at home and it became difficult for my mother to care for us. I decided to take charge and support the household by providing for food. This is how I started to work as a child.
Access the article here.
Migrant Oregon weed workers face threats amid illegal boom
Date: 5 November 2021 | Source: AP News
Thousands of immigrants working on southern Oregon illegal marijuana farms that authorities say are run by foreign cartels are living in squalid conditions and are sometimes being cheated and threatened by their gangland bosses. Some managers of the illegal operations are refusing to pay workers and have threatened them with violence if they go to the authorities or try to quit, according to law enforcement officials and a group that advocates for the migrant and farm worker rights.
Access the article here.
Climate refugees are increasingly victims of exploitation
Date: 11 November 2021 | Source: Helvetas
Millions of climate-displaced people are victims of modern slavery. They end up in forced labor or debt bondage, have to prostitute themselves or are forcibly married. Their fate has so far been largely ignored by international politics. This must change.
Access the article here.
Suit accusing Hindu group of forced labour widens to 5 US states
Date: 11 November 2021 | Source: Aljazeera
A federal lawsuit accusing a prominent Hindu organisation in the United States of trafficking workers from India and forcing them into labour at Hindu temples has widened to five states. The initial lawsuit, filed in May on behalf of 200 Indian workers, accused the religious group, known as the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS), of luring their targets from India, coercing them to sign employment agreements, and forcing them to work more than 12 hours a day with only five days off in a year, doing construction and maintaining the sprawling grounds of a Hindu temple in New Jersey.
Access the article here.
RESOURCES
[Movie] 7 Prisoners
Date: 7 November 2021 | Source: Netflix
Brazilian director Alexandre Moratto’s follow-up to his award-winning debut Socrates, 7 Prisoners delves into the subject of modern slavery through the eyes of 18-year-old Mateus.
Watch the trailer here.
Read more: 7 Prisoners review – a powerful tale of slavery in modern-day São Paulo
[Resource] Modern slavery & small and medium-sized enterprises
Date: 10 November 2021 | Source: Mekong Club
The Mekong Club recommends that SMEs voluntarily develop a frequently asked question (FAQ) document to respond to routine queries related to their efforts associated with modern slavery. This document provides sample questions covering topics required.
Access here.
[Report] Ending online sexual exploitation and abuse of women and girls: A call for international standards
Date: 15 November 2021 | Source: Equality Now
Predators are increasingly using social media and online gaming platforms to target potential victims because these platforms offer anonymity and operate under very limited regulation. Consequently, Online sexual exploitation and abuse (OSEA) is growing and the full breadth of the problem is largely unknown because of the large number of unreported cases.
This report, which utilizes a survivor-centric approach to illustrate the impact of OSEA and highlight the challenges faced in keeping people safe in a rapidly changing digital landscape, examines the law surrounding OSEA at the international and regional level, with a focus on Europe.
Access the article here.
Read more: Traffickers abusing online technology, UN crime prevention agency warns
STOP ENEWS, PUBLISHED EVERY MONTH, AIMS TO PROVIDE CURRENT NEWS, EVENTS, AND RESOURCES TO THE ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING COMMUNITY IN HONG KONG. IF YOU HAVE ANTI-TRAFFICKING RELATED ACTIVITIES OR RESOURCES YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THROUGH OUR ENEWS NETWORK, SEND YOUR SUGGESTIONS TO NEWS@STOPHK.ORG. INCLUSION OF CONTENT IN NO WAY REFLECTS THE VIEWS OF OUR ORGANISATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.STOP IS AN INITIATIVE OF BRANCHES OF HOPE BASED IN HONG KONG. IT IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH ANY OTHER ANTI-TRAFFICKING ORGANISATION OF THE SAME OR SIMILAR NAME.
本月焦點
支持Radiant Bloom的新生活
自2015年，STOP一直支援人口販運受害人走過倖存之路，陪伴他們在克服創傷與爭取公義的路上踏出勇敢的每一步。 Radiant Bloom在2019年脫離強逼勞動的狀況後，在STOP的見證下，跨過重重障礙，無論是身心復康，在法制下尋求公義，以及為她的家庭計劃未來，她在生命的毅力和熱情總是令我們深深感動。STOP邀請你，以捐款支持她歸家的新里程。Radiant的夢想是在家鄉開一家小雜貨店，既可賺錢養家，也售賣她的手作設計。為了感謝你的慷慨捐助，Radiant希望能為捐款者送上一雙親手製作的耳環。
十一月回顧
感謝HKUMed、施達基金會以及智新書院邀請我哋分享反人口販運嘅議題。有機會每週接觸不同受眾，一齊討論點樣可以喺日常生活謝絕血汗生產、打擊人口販運，我哋嘅十一月過得十分充實。
STOP 致力將反人口販運意識帶到香港地，透過公眾教育活動，定期到學校、私人組織進行講座活動，令更多人參與反人口販運行列。如果你都想將反剝削訊息帶到自己嘅社區，歡迎電郵至 info@stophk.org 查詢，或DM同我哋嘅同事傾一傾！講座主題包括但不限於：
- 人口販運在香港
- 全球生產鏈中的人口販運
- 性產業與人口販運
- 預防網絡性販運須知
- 良心消費
活動預告
想更積極參與解決人口販運問題？心動不如行動！每個月第一個星期六，STOP 都會主持反人口販運社區會議。呢個平台俾大家討論人口販運議題，互相交流同認識。已經報咗名嘅朋友，我哋今個禮拜六見！
12月反人口販運社區會議
日期：2021年12月4日（星期六）
時間：11:00am-12:30pm
地點：灣仔巴路士街29號葡萄藤教會1樓3室
*會議以英文進行。
香港
16歲「兼職女友」不適拒賣淫遭勒索3萬 3女認罪其中兩懷孕被告准保釋候判
日期：2021年11月18日 ｜來源：明報
3名年輕女子安排一名任「兼職女友」的16歲少女賣淫，高峰期間兩天接客8次，少女因身體不適拒絕接客，卻被勒索逾3萬元，最終報警求助。涉案3女18日於區域法院（案件在荃灣裁判法院處理）承認控罪，其中兩名懷有身孕的被告獲准保釋候判，另一人還押。
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退休男警涉 11 次強姦家傭 遭控 13 罪 事主因宗教關係已誕嬰
日期：2021年11月19日 ｜來源：立場新聞
69 歲退休男警被指 2019 年間 11 次強姦家傭，及曾發訊息予她要求停止檢控等，遭控 11 項強姦、1 項妨礙司法公正，及 1 項非禮罪。今（19 日）於沙田裁判法院提堂，在控方不反對下獲准保釋。庭上透露，事主因宗教關係已誕下嬰兒，並已離港，但願意回港作供。
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亞洲
馬來西亞智能不足者於新加坡運毒案，因確診COVID-19而暫緩死刑
日期：2021年11月9日 ｜來源：關鍵評論
現年33歲，有智能障礙的馬來西亞籍男子納加德蘭，是在2009年4月22日因走私海洛因進新加坡而被捕。經過多年的訴訟，新加坡政府原訂在今年11月10日執行絞刑，但納加德蘭被測出確診COVID-19，審訊再度展延。《中央社》報導，多數反對判納加德蘭死刑的人士主張，納加德蘭智能不足，這意味他無法做出理性決定，更有證據表明他是人口販賣的受害者，但新加坡內政部堅稱納加德蘭在犯案時「知道自己在做什麼」。
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黎巴嫩危機加劇了移民家務工的苦難
日期：2021年11月15日 ｜來源：聯合國新聞網
在黎巴嫩，不同國籍的移民女工面臨許多挑戰。生存因素是這些挑戰中最突出的，尤其是在她們因該國最近的經濟危機而失業後，繼續受制於海灣國家普遍使用的「卡法拉制度」或擔保制度，這使她們可憐地處於雇主的控制之下，容易受到各種形式的剝削和虐待。
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國際
以工作威脅受害者就範 剛果女性遭WHO人員「性剝削」毒販用奴工在俄勒岡大規模非法種植大麻
日期：2021年11月2日 ｜來源：大紀元
販毒集團利用美國俄勒岡州的大麻合法化政策，使用奴工大規模種植非法大麻被曝光。約瑟芬縣警長戴夫·丹尼爾在接受《大紀元時報》採訪時說：「我們出示了一張搜查令，結果發現了近300名農民工。」他們被鎖在穀倉裡，「每天只餵兩次食物，而且沒有自來水或其它設施。他們害怕卡特爾組織會殺死他們或他們的家人，所以他們不會站出來說話。」
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新州印度寺廟涉人口販運 訴訟擴及5州
日期：2021年11月13日 ｜來源：世界新聞網
新澤西州羅賓斯維爾一間印度教組織「Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha」(簡稱BAPS)，5月時遭一群來自印度的建築工人以人口販運的罪名向聯邦法院興訟；原告日前修正訴訟參與人，除新州外，還加入了來自加州、德州、伊利諾州及喬治亞州等四個地區的其他工人。 根據法院文件，新澤西州的原告指控BAPS以高薪資引誘他們來美參與新州印度教寺廟興建工程，但事實上等他們抵達美國後，不僅日薪只有港幣9.40元，還被迫簽署雇傭契約，規定12年內不得離職，且有保安隨時密切監控他們。
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加拿大扣押首批「強迫勞動」中國服裝 議員籲采更強硬措施杜絕
日期：2021年11月18日 ｜來源：法國國際廣播電台
加拿大邊境服務局早前以「強迫勞動」為由，扣押一批由中國進口的服裝，是自該國去年初實施禁止進口「強迫勞動」商品以來第一批以此床由扣押的中國貨物。加國傳媒報道，執政自由黨和反對黨的國會議員均促請杜魯多政府做更多工作來應對中國鎮壓維吾爾等弱勢社群的問題。
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評論及資源
[調查報告] 塞爾維亞越南勞工罷工 抗議中國資方剝削
日期：2021年11月20日 ｜來源：德國之聲
中國玲瓏輪胎在塞爾維亞工廠的越南工人集體罷工，抗議生活及工作條件惡劣。該起事件登上當地新聞頭條，也引起人權團體及歐盟議員關注。人權組織A11和Astra發表了聯合報告，提到「大量既定事實表明，勞工有可能成為以勞動剝削為目的的人口販賣受害者」，要求塞爾維亞當局採取緊急行動。
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[專題調查] 海洋觀察員之死：他們登船監察捕魚活動，卻不斷在海上消失
日期：2021年11月23日 ｜來源：端傳媒
漁業觀察員被政府或地方漁業管理組織聘用，被分配到漁船上收集有關商業漁業的科學數據，也負責確保船員不會從事非法、無管制或不上報的捕撈活動（IUU）。 IUU漁業是一個販賣人口，以及走私非法藥物、野生動物和武器的途徑，與組織犯罪有一定的關係。漁業觀察員的工作聽起來非常簡單，但他們卻不斷在海上失蹤或死亡。從2010至2020年，有最少14個漁業觀察員在出海時死亡，當中有11宗還未有調查結果。
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STOP. 中文電子報每月出版，旨在向本港打擊販運人口的社區提供最新的新聞和資源。如你有反人口販運的資訊想透過本報發放，請聯絡 NEWS@STOPHK.ORG。本電子報內容並不反映 STOP. 的立場，謝謝您對本組織的支持。STOP. 是 希望枝子有限公司 (BRANCHES OF HOPE) 其中一個項目，旨在對抗人口販運。本組織與其他名稱類同的反人口販運組織並無關連。