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Italian police arrest Eritrean gang who smuggled migrants

Alleged human traffickers who had arranged more than 20 boat trips from north Africa to Europe picked up in sting operation in Italy and Germany

Published: 3 Dec 2014

Thousands of African child migrants feared in thrall to Italian traffickers

More than 3,000 minors may have fallen victim to forced labour and sexual exploitation after vanishing from homes and shelters. Luca Muzi reports

Published: 17 Oct 2014

Sinai slavery and torture survivors share their experiences

At an Israeli safe house, Ethiopian women sold into slavery team up with a photographer to tell their stories

Published: 20 Feb 2014
Hundreds of Eritreans enslaved in torture camps in Sudan and Egypt

Human Rights Watch report says state authorities have either turned a blind eye or colluded with perpetrators

Published: 11 Feb 2014

Eritrea's military is trafficking the nation's children, report says

Senior military officers kidnap and hold to ransom youngsters, and many are sold on to human traffickers, according to report

Published: 3 Dec 2013