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Brazil rescues more than 4,500 slaves

Brazil’s anti-slavery taskforce rescued 4,634 slaves from remote ranches and plantations in 2008. Last year the taskforce took part in a record 133 raids as well as visiting 255 different farms...

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Feature -- The invisible children

Esther Freeman of the British Association for Adoption & Fostering reports on worrying cases of children subject to exploitation and abuse after being sent to live in the UK with members of their extended family...

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Voice from the field

Later this year, SOS Esclaves, will be presented with the Anti-Slavery Award in recognition of their ground-breaking and courageous work in combating slavery in Mauritania. Anti-Slavery's Gemma Wolfes takes a look back at their achievements in the face of such difficult circumstances...

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