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Domestic Slavery: “An Overlooked Way of Enslaving People”
Timo McGregor. Credit: Elif Kırankaya When discussing slavery, the focus is often on Africans who were deported to South America. Researcher Timo McGregor’s new Veni study has shed light on the little-known ways in which Indigenous people were enslaved through colonizer households. Officially, indigenous peoples in most colonies were exempt from slavery. Antagonizing the original population can be inconvenient and…
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‘Pig slaughter’ scam: The link between modern slavery, torture and online crime
Credit: Sora Shimazaki from Pexels The Netflix documentary “The Tinder Swindler” tells the story of a scammer who tricks women he meets on dating apps into “loaning” him large sums of money. It depicts the devastating financial damage and psychological trauma that online romance scams cause to their victims. However, scams are not only perpetrated by individuals, but can also…
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