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A coffee cup with beans. Photo by Lotus Head/Wikimedia Commons

U.S. and U.K. lawmakers must wake up to the coffee problem (commentary)

Etelle Higonnet 21 Dec 2023
A worker in an oil palm plantation.

Alleged torturers roam free as Indonesia struggles to bring charges in palm oil slavery case

Mongabay.com 21 Jun 2023

For Brazil’s Indigenous people, slavery born of colonization still hasn’t ended

Lais Modelli 4 Aug 2022
A handful of peanuts.

Book Review: ‘Slaves for Peanuts’ gets to the troubling roots of a beloved snack

Malavika Vyawahare 23 Jun 2022
Deforestation in Côte d’Ivoire. Image credit: Mighty Earth

It’s Juneteenth, but these American companies are still profiting from slavery (commentary)

Samuel Mawutor 18 Jun 2021

Slave labor found at second Starbucks-certified Brazilian coffee farm

Daniel Camargos contributor for Repórter Brasil 3 May 2019

Slave labor found at Starbucks-certified Brazil coffee plantation

Daniela Penha contributor for Repórter Brasil 18 Sep 2018

Brazilian Supreme Court ruling protects Quilombola land rights for now

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 13 Feb 2018

Militarization and mining a dangerous mix in Venezuelan Amazon

Bram Ebus 7 Dec 2017

Temer guts Brazil’s slavery law, to the applause of elite ruralists

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 23 Oct 2017

Current regulations unable to control trade in products from slave labor, expert says

Ana Aranha and João Diaz - Repórter Brasil 13 Mar 2017

Suppliers of Lowe’s in the US and Walmart in Brazil linked to slave labor in the Amazon

André Campos - Repórter Brasil 13 Mar 2017

Slave labor in the Amazon: Risking lives to cut down the rainforest

Tania Caliari and Ana Aranha - Repórter Brasil 13 Mar 2017

Investigation reveals slave labor conditions in Brazil’s timber industry

Thais Lazzeri - Repórter Brasil 13 Mar 2017

What’s being done to secure justice for SE Asia’s seafood slaves?

Cory Rogers 23 Mar 2016
Manta Ray off Sipadan Island in the Coral Triangle. Photo by Greg Asner of DivePhoto.org

Not all escaped fishing slaves want to go home

Cory Rogers 6 Nov 2015

From slave to student: Myanmar migrants find abuse, opportunity in Thailand

Sarah Hucal 29 Sep 2015

Lies, deceit and abduction staff Thailand’s fishing industry

Sarah Hucal 2 Sep 2015

Thai junta asked to crack down harder on rogue seafood industry

Sarah Hucal 14 Aug 2015

Thailand, Indonesia join forces against illegal fishing amid EU ultimatum

Mongabay.com 24 Apr 2015

Indonesia recognizes bribery might have enabled slavery in eastern waters

Jay Fajar 9 Apr 2015

U.S. car manufacturers linked to Amazon destruction, slave labor

Jeremy Hance 14 May 2012

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