17 days ago by STT

The London Organising Committee for the Olympic games (LOCOM) has strict ethical guidelines for Olympic suppliers, however, The Sun exposed that these are not being met. The Sun article states that the cuddly toy versions of the Olympic mascots, Mandeville and Wenlock, have been made in factories in ...

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25 days ago by STT

Privileged! Not a word we necessarily associate with trafficking in the Chocolate industry, but for an Oasis Academy student in South London, that’s exactly how she felt when she learned that thousands of children are trafficked into the Ivory Coast and harvest the beans that go into making our choc ...

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26 days ago by STT

Broken your New Year’s resolution yet? Well if you have you’re probably not the only one. Apparently 17 th January is officially the day that everybody breaks their New Year’s resolutions. It’s hard to drum up the energy to set off into the cold dark night on a run or go to a sweaty, over-crowded gy ...

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30 days ago by STT

Last year we kicked off our community roadshows and what a few months we’ve had! We travelled all over the country and delivered 7 roadshows in Sussex, Surrey, Hertfordshire, West Midlands, and London. Over 500 people came along to find out about human trafficking, how it affects their area and what ...

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30 days ago by STT

It was a December, and a normal day in the STOP THE TRAFFIK office. I remember I was sitting next to my colleague and engrossed in some task or other when the phone rang, another distraction! I picked it up and started to talk to the woman on the other end of the phone. She said her name was Sophie, ...

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52 days ago by STT

GOOD NEWS just in time for Christmas! Tomorrow the Scottish Parliament will be debating child trafficking in the chocolate industry. The debate is entitled “10 Years on from Harkin-Engel, child trafficking in the chocolate industry” and is to be led by SNP MSP Jim Eadie. You can watch live coverage ...

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55 days ago by hc.

usually, I tried to look the other way while crossing this bridge. not tonight. tonight, we were standing under the bridge, clasping plastic shopping bags, while our view consisted of a long row of houseboats that were lit up by brightly coloured red lights. an even longer row of cars were driving a ...

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58 days ago by STT

Are you in the south of England? Yes? Then listen up… If you’ve missed out on our community roadshows this year then come and seek out STOP THE TRAFFIK at the International Christian Resources Exhibition in Exeter, January 2012, where we are putting on a series of workshops to raise awareness about ...

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65 days ago by STT

VOLUNTEER AT THE OLYMPICS Olympic fever is officially underway… Up and down the country emails are flooding into inboxes delivering the exciting news: “You have been selected to be a torch-bearer during next year’s Olympic Games!” Excitingly, STOP THE TRAFFIK’s trustee, Duncan Parker, is one of the ...

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87 days ago by STT

STOP THE TRAFFIK is looking for an intern to join the team at our London offices on a voluntary full-time/ part-time basis. I’m Sophie – the current intern at STOP THE TRAFFIK. Sadly, it is approaching the time when I must hand my baton over… For all those thinking of applying, I couldn’t recommend ...

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