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* ![LIBYA-EUROPE-MIGRANTS](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt13c03f2e5fac458a/6988f3477cdbac7af3d5b111/gettyimages-810680708.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 1, 2017  
## [The Libyan Slave Trade Has Shocked the World. Here’s What You Should Know](https://time.com/5042560/libya-slave-trade/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Casey Quackenbush
* ![Bob Corker](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf01a810a33af97ac/6988df7fcf40a87e2bc498e8/bob-corker-reelection.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 25, 2017  
## [Corker Praises Trump Administration on Human Trafficking](https://time.com/4997011/bob-corker-human-trafficking-ivanka-trump-rex-tillerson/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Elizabeth Dias
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Jul 22, 2016  
## [A Simple Tool to Help Homeless People Feel Human](https://time.com/4418986/a-simple-tool-to-help-homeless-people-feel-human/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by The Aspen Institute
* ![Police Check Fishing Boats In Fight Against Human Trafficking And Illegal, Unreported And Unregulated Fishing](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83853fd4458bda3d/698899e98e0601cb234667d3/gettyimages-502333364.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 29, 2016  
## [U.S. Will Recognize Thai Junta's Anti-Trafficking Efforts: Reports](https://time.com/4386854/thailand-human-trafficking-tip-us/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Simon Lewis
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Jun 27, 2016  
## [Britain Needs India More Than Ever After Brexit](https://time.com/4383631/brexit-britain-india/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by The Aspen Institute  
* ![Human trafficking suspects arrive at the criminal court in Bangkok](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt327674e7bd0d0eff/69888b8b0a4a226d059c8ddf/rtx1zy9n.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 18, 2016  
## [92 Alleged Human Traffickers on Trial in Thailand](https://time.com/4263868/thailand-trial-92-human-trafficking/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Simon Lewis
* ![Morison and Sidasathian, reporters for the Phuketwan news website, speak to media as they arrive to a criminal court in Phuket](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt49881ed70c522c7d/698861d1cd1bba2ab36fcfa9/rtr3lnrw.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 1, 2015  
## [Phuketwan Duo Cleared in Thai Navy Defamation Case](https://time.com/4018217/reuters-phuketwan-navy-thailand-alan-morison-chutima-sidasathian/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Charlie Campbell
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Jun 16, 2015  
## [Indonesian Officials Offer 'Proof' That Australia Bribed Human Traffickers](https://time.com/3922433/indonesia-australia-human-trafficking/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by David Stout
* ![Adou Ouattara](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb7c14e27d5edf189/698853855f570f686bb1bdfd/adou-ouattara.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 8, 2015  
## [Boy Smuggled in Suitcase to Spain Reunited With His Mother](https://time.com/3913084/boy-smuggled-suitcase-spain-adou-ouattara/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Sam Frizell
* ![Human remains being disinterred from an informal cemetery near an abandoned camp allegedly for trafficked Rohingya and Bangladeshis in mountainous jungle on the Malaysian side of the Thai-Malaysian border.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb557722b429d61ec/698851b6e20a87732ba8b87a/rohingya_2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 26, 2015  
## [Rohingya Survivors Tell of Horrors](https://time.com/3895816/malaysia-human-trafficking-graves-rohingya/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Hannah Beech  
* ![Rohingya Migrants Fleeing Myanmar Continue  To LandOn Indonesia's Shores](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb20526b84787f496/698850eb524fc064e8df2bad/473855804.jpg?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 20, 2015  
## [U.S. Condemns Burma’s Treatment of Rohingya Muslims](https://time.com/3890323/burma-u-s-migrants-human-trafficking-southeast-asia/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by David Stout
* ![Sen. John Cornyn](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfe856e93bb97baaf/6987836255a859be5fa86474/john-cornyn.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 12, 2015  
## [How a Human Trafficking Bill Became a Debate About Abortion](https://time.com/3741461/human-trafficking-abortion/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Maya Rhodan
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Feb 5, 2015  
## [Five Best Ideas of the Day: February 5](https://time.com/3697074/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-february-5/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by The Aspen Institute
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Oct 22, 2014  
## [Five Best Ideas of the Day: October 22](https://time.com/3531330/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-october-22/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by The Aspen Institute
* ![Dayo, A Nigerian footballer living in Turkey, sit’s for a portrait inside the second floor of the run-down Feriköy Pitch in Istanbul where he trains 5-days a week in April 2013 in Istanbul, Turkey.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9727249108739823/69869ac71eebf76a6a371c5d/jasonandrew_blackdiamonds_timeedit_011.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 10, 2014  
## [Nowhere to Go: Chronicling Soccer's Human Trafficking Problem](https://time.com/2964428/human-trafficking-soccer-football/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Eric Dodds

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