Human trafficking

Kenya convicted six traffickers in 2025, down from 21, and reported minimal action against officials accused of complicity, the 2026 U.S. State Department trafficking report says

Russia forcibly transferred tens of thousands of Ukrainian children and forced detainees into labor, US finds.

Cuba's Ministry of Justice prosecutes doctors who quit the regime's forced-labor export missions.

Xinjiang authorities detained Uyghurs and other minorities and forced them into labor under a 'vocational training' program, US finds.

DOJ's ethics office found Florida federal prosecutors used poor judgment in a 2008 non-prosecution deal with Jeffrey Epstein and did not ensure victims were notified

HHS handed six trafficked Guatemalan children over to a labor-trafficking ring in Ohio, then let the ring's members block follow-up checks on the kids.

North Korea ran forced-labor prison camps and pocketed the wages of workers sent abroad, US and allies find.

U.S. Labor Department lists Côte d'Ivoire cocoa for child labor and forced labor, and extends the finding to cocoa paste, butter and powder used in candy and cosmetics