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Still Hidden, Still Hurting: Child Trafficking Persists in Uganda’s Urban Shadows

Still Hidden, Still Hurting: Child Trafficking Persists in Uganda’s Urban Shadows

In 2021, a compelling documentary was released that exposed the harsh reality of child trafficking in Uganda during the COVID-19 pandemic. It followed the lives of children pulled into exploitation under the guise of help,...

One-Way Ticket to Exploitation: The Hidden Trafficking Pipeline Through Entebbe

One-Way Ticket to Exploitation: The Hidden Trafficking Pipeline Through Entebbe

Two years ago, a UBC news video brought national attention to a growing pattern of human trafficking through Entebbe International Airport. The footage featured young Ugandan women who had been recruited with promises of jobs...

Behind the Headlines: Why Trauma-Informed Responses Are Essential in Human Trafficking Cases

Behind the Headlines: Why Trauma-Informed Responses Are Essential in Human Trafficking Cases

Three years ago, an NTV news video on aggravated human trafficking crimes in Uganda offered a rare glimpse into the country’s efforts to rescue victims. It showed children being pulled from the streets, some resisting,...

The Crimes Rarely Talked About—and Why Communities Must Rise to Stop Them

The Crimes Rarely Talked About—and Why Communities Must Rise to Stop Them

A powerful investigative documentary brought to light two deeply disturbing realities in Uganda: the rise of organ trafficking linked to labor externalization abroad and the hidden but widespread child sexual exploitation within homes and communities....

Not for Sale: A Survivor’s Story and Uganda’s Urgent Human Trafficking Crisis

Not for Sale: A Survivor’s Story and Uganda’s Urgent Human Trafficking Crisis

In a powerful news interview, a Ugandan survivor of human trafficking shared the harrowing account of her journey, deceived by promises of work and trafficked through Kenya to Oman. Upon arrival, her passport was taken,...

Betrayed by Trust, Rescued by Courage: The Story of 22 Ugandan Children

Betrayed by Trust, Rescued by Courage: The Story of 22 Ugandan Children

In a harrowing but heroic turn of events, 22 Ugandan children, some as young as four, were rescued at the Busia border as traffickers attempted to smuggle them into Kenya under the guise of offering...

Priced in Flesh: The Silent Trade of Human Organs in East Africa

Priced in Flesh: The Silent Trade of Human Organs in East Africa

A disturbing DW Documentary filmed in Kenya pulls back the curtain on one of the region’s darkest and least understood crimes—human organ trafficking. The documentary exposes how an underground network of brokers, corrupt medical professionals,...