Tag: Human trafficking
Tonga stays on US watch list for not doing enough on...
By Philip Cass of Kaniva News in Auckland
Tonga has not done enough to combat people trafficking and will remain on an American watch list,...
Young women ‘traded for votes’ in PNG, elections consultation told
By Marjorie Finkeo in Port Moresby
Allegations of young women being traded for votes in several parts of the Highlands region during Papua New Guinea's...
Chinese worker’s absconding charge dropped but still to be deported
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The Chinese worker who left police custody on the way to the airport on Thursday night had a charge of absconding...
Couple remanded in big Vanuatu human trafficking, slavery case
By Richard M. Nanua and Royson Willie in Port Vila
Vanuatu's Magistrates Court has remanded a Bangladeshi couple over what is alleged to be the...
Indonesia cracks down on brutal conditions on foreign ‘slavery’ fishing boats
Former slaves head for home: Thousands of fishermen rescued from brutal conditions on foreign fishing boats make the journey back home, many after years...
