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An ICIJ Investigation
Trafficking Inc.
An ICIJ investigation examines networks of companies, people and business practices that draw profit from cross-border labor trafficking and sex trafficking.
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Accountability
Workers accuse Middle East operations of McDonald’s, Chuck E. Cheese and other Western brands of labor abuses
By Katie McQue
October 10, 2023
LABOR TRAFFICKING
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Oct 16, 2023
Audits aimed at flagging labor abuses are ‘designed to fail,’ investigation finds
TRAFFICKING INC.
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Oct 10, 2023
About the Trafficking Inc. investigation
RESPONSES
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Oct 10, 2023
Amazon, McDonald’s, Chuck E. Cheese and InterContinental Hotels Group respond to Trafficking Inc. investigation
PARTNER STORIES
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Aug 01, 2023
Sex-trafficking survivors are increasingly suing to hold hotel chains liable for abuse on their properties, new investigation finds
MONEY LAUNDERING
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Jun 28, 2024
Panama Papers trial concludes with all defendants acquitted of money laundering
IMPACT
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