How does buying Fair Trade fight Human Trafficking? The implications of Fair Trade are far-reaching. Simple purchases of ethically produced products allow each of us to actively contribute to the restoration of global injustice. Maybe this correlation will stir and motivate you to begin buying Fair Trade. Human Trafficking, also known as modern-day slavery is […]

Human trafficking in Ukraine or Natasha trade does not seem to end any time soon. Last week, one news article reported that the police dismantled a Russian human trafficking ring operated by a Ukrainian woman. A few more people, along with the Ukrainian woman, were arrested on the charges of trafficking women from Russia to […]

Over 50 young kids, ages 11-17 were rescued out of slavery on chocolate farms in the Ivory Coast, an area continuously effected by forced labor and slavery.  As reported on Interpol’s website: “The children had been bought by plantation owners needing cheap labor to harvest the cocoa and palm plantations. They were discovered working under […]