forced labor
‘Hell All Over Again’: The Frontline of an Expanding Human Trafficking Crisis
Despite Cambodian police crackdowns, evidence suggests the criminal syndicates are expanding to Myanmar, the Philippines, and even as far afield as Dubai.
Migrant Woman Says She Was Repeatedly Raped in ‘Modern-Day’ Slavery Ring in Georgia
Three men pleaded guilty as part of Operation Blooming Onion, a massive federal investigation into forced labor in Georgia.
‘Please Help Us’: A 6-Year-Old Found a Note in Her Christmas Card From an Alleged Chinese Prisoner
China says the note is a “farce” created by a journalist, who was previously imprisoned in the country.
Cash for Kim: North Korean Forced Laborers in Poland
VICE gained exclusive access to documents that reveal the wages of North Korean laborers in Poland before the Kim regime's deductions.
Watch our interview with the inmate who launched a massive prison strike from solitary confinement
VICE News speaks to Bennu Hannibal, an inmate in solitary confinement who is one of the lead organizers of a national prison strike.
Cash for Kim: How North Koreans Are Working Themselves to Death in Europe
A VICE investigation has uncovered how North Koreans are working as forced laborers in the heart of Europe, with their wages directly filling Kim Jong-un's coffers with foreign currency.
Uzbeks Reportedly Forced to Glue Cotton Back Onto Bushes to Please Prime Minister
Pleasing visiting dignitaries is one thing, but undoing weeks of back-breaking work after a harvest that is regularly criticized for using forced labor is something else entirely.
How You May Indirectly Be Funding Child Slavery
We talked to the creator of Slavery Footprint, a new website that shows how many slaves are working for you in the global supply chain.
Uzbekistan Is Forcing 'Volunteers' to Toil in Its Cotton Fields
Documents show that the world's fifth-largest cotton exporter is forcing students to sign contracts "volunteering" to work during the harvest season or face expulsion.