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Freedom United is a global anti-slavery community, using our collective power to demand change. Let’s end modern slavery together!
@freedomunitedhq.bsky.socialA British man was forced to work unpaid in a London food court after a friend lured him with a fake job offer and trapped him in modern slavery. His case is one of 23,411 modern slavery referrals in the UK in 2025— British nationals were the largest group.
@freedomunitedhq.bsky.socialClothes linked to Uyghur forced labor are still reaching the US due to weak inspections by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Meanwhile, the Trump administration continues to threaten countries with tariffs over their weak protections against forced labor goods.
@freedomunitedhq.bsky.socialAn average of 24 children died at work in the US every year between 2013 and 2023. For more than half of those deaths, key data on cause and industry are missing. Meanwhile, 19 states have weakened child labor protections since 2021.
@freedomunitedhq.bsky.socialA new paper by Freedom United board member Kamil Gerard Ahmed and Assel Orumbayeva helps CEOs address modern slavery risks that can begin before a worker ever reaches the workplace—in the chain of brokers and recruitment agents that companies rarely scrutinize.
@freedomunitedhq.bsky.socialAcross Southeast Asia, trafficking networks are luring people with fake job offers and forcing them into guarded compounds to run online scams. Victims have their passports confiscated, face violence for missing targets, and are trapped by debt.
@freedomunitedhq.bsky.socialEpstein survivors continue to face lost income, healthcare costs, and professional consequences after coming forward. Some employers are even labeling them "too political" to hire. It's a reminder that trafficking survivors need long-term financial support, not just justice.
@freedomunitedhq.bsky.socialMigrant agricultural workers in Sicily have formed a cooperative to escape caporalato—an abusive labor recruitment system considered a form of modern slavery.
@freedomunitedhq.bsky.socialAndrew & Tristan Tate denied bail & remain in US custody fighting extradition to the UK, where they face 59 charges including trafficking for sexual exploitation. Meanwhile, Romanian prosecutors have indicted Andrew on child trafficking, money laundering, & sex with a minor.
@freedomunitedhq.bsky.socialTrump administration told caregivers for migrant children in federal custody to stop reporting trafficking concerns directly to trafficking office. Critics say this will delay legitimate claims, making it easier to deport children before they access trafficking protections.
@freedomunitedhq.bsky.socialThe case is still being investigated — but it's a sobering illustration of why we advocate to end child marriage: young people are much more vulnerable to being coerced into conditions that could constitute modern slavery.
@freedomunitedhq.bsky.socialThe US Justice Department is stonewalling European investigators probing Jeffrey Epstein — Poland, Norway, and Latvia say they've gotten no response to legal assistance requests, and the UK's Mandelson probe has stalled too, as DOJ withholds unredacted files.
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@freedomunitedhq.bsky.socialMan who called Indonesian woman treating him "like a son" gets 6 years for enslaving her — deprived of food, sleep, and forced into unpaid domestic servitude for 8 months. She escaped, but died before seeing him convicted.
@freedomunitedhq.bsky.socialUS Representative Thomas Massie has filed a discharge petition to force a vote on legislation giving Epstein survivors & state prosecutors the right to sue US Justice Department for withholding files. Massie’s petition has 106 signatures but needs 218 to force a vote.
@freedomunitedhq.bsky.socialThe UK has announced that migrant workers formally recognized as modern slavery victims can leave exploitative employers without losing their visa status. The change is welcomed—but advocates say the tied visa itself creates the conditions for exploitation.
@freedomunitedhq.bsky.socialThe UN established November 27 as International Day to End Child, Early & Forced Marriage—in line with its goal to end child marriage by 2030. But in US alone, 33 states still allow it. Advocates say the US needs to step up before it can credibly push other countries to act.
@freedomunitedhq.bsky.socialTrapped by contractors, unpaid when injured, forced into overcrowded housing — this is exploitation hiding in plain sight in Australia. Reform is on the table. Now it must be enforced.
www.walkfree.org/news/2026/wo...
@freedomunitedhq.bsky.socialThe UN has confirmed: reparations for slavery aren't optional, they're a legal obligation. It's time for governments to stop hiding behind history and start addressing its lasting harm.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
@freedomunitedhq.bsky.socialAt least 100 children aged 12 or under referred to the UK's forced marriage unit in five years — including 27 under five. A campaigner warns: 'when schools open in September, there will be missing children.'
www.independent.co.uk/news/educati...
@freedomunitedhq.bsky.socialAndrew & Tristan Tate face UK charges including rape and sex trafficking. Their lawyer's response? AI-generated "prison suffering" images to spin sympathy online. Real survivors deserve real justice — not slop and spectacle.
@freedomunitedhq.bsky.social15-year-old Kristen Galvan was sex trafficked, murdered, and left unidentified for more than six years. Her family says law enforcement failed her twice. Her story demands accountability.
