Slavery Abolition

A car wash owner responsible for trafficking and exploiting eight Romanian nationals has been sentenced to eight years and six months in prison, following a five-year investigation by the Met’s Modern Slavery Unit. Hewa Margai, 45 (01.01.79) of Carshalton Road, Mitcham was sentenced at Kingston Crown Court on Thursday, 27…

United States President, Donald Trump, on Tuesday extended his list of second-term pardons to include two Thanksgiving turkeys, using the traditional White House ceremony to blend holiday ritual with political overtones. During a speech that took on the tone of a campaign rally, Trump spared Gobble and Waddle, preventing them…

Almost 500 people in construction were identified as being potential victims of modern slavery in the UK last year, figures reveal. The sector recorded the second-highest number of people at risk, behind only the care sector, antislavery charity Unseen revealed. Its figures, which cover 2024, show that exploitation in construction increased…

Justice is elusive for many impacted by the deadly realities of a multi-billion dollar industry: human trafficking. A KXAN investigation reveals while Texas is a leader in legislation to stop it, few people actually face trafficking charges. We uncover difficulties Texas prosecutors face in dismantling modern-day slavery and what it…

Jane Austen’s Paper Trail is a podcast from The Conversation celebrating 250 years since the author’s birth. In each episode, we’ll be investigating a different aspect of Austen’s personality by interrogating one of her novels with leading researchers. Along the way, we’ll visit locations important to Austen to uncover a…

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Home News and Gossip Delhi Crime Season 3 OTT Release: When and where to watch Shefali Shah’s crime drama? Delhi Crime Season 3, launching on November 13, 2025, delves into issues of responsibility and ethics as DCP Vartika Chaturvedi confronts a large human trafficking operation. The series persists in exploring severe…

TV shows get canceled for all sorts of reasons — low ratings, budget concerns, bad decisions by the network, etc. Sometimes, however, a series is canceled before a single episode makes it to air because something about the show makes people go, "Who on earth approved this?!" Here are 15…

1 of 7 | Tourists gather to take pictures at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on October 12, 2024. On November 8, 1864, amid the U.S. Civil War, Abraham Lincoln was elected to his second term as president. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Nov. 8 (UPI) --…

Long before colonialism brought slavery to the Caribbean, the native islanders saw hurricanes and storms as part of the normal cycle of life.  The Taino of the Greater Antilles and the Kalinago, or Caribs, of the Lesser Antilles developed systems that enabled them to live with storms and limit their…