TAG / UNITED KINGDOM
RESULTS
HUMAN RIGHTS
Six Convicted for Trafficking Migrants Into Forced Labor on UK Cannabis Farms
“Debt bondage” victims found themselves kidnapped and enslaved on illegal cannabis farms, servicing a pot industry that is booming in the UK.
MENTAL HEALTH
Now They’re Beating the Kids—Abuse of Children at UK Psychiatric Facility Exposed
A new report reveals that staff at Cygnet Joyce Parker Hospital sadistically dragged children to put them in needless restraints—and that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
DRUGS
Epidemic of Flesh-Eating “Tranq” May Be Worse Than Fentanyl
Xylazine is a super-powerful horse tranquilizer that’s cheaper than fentanyl, and often mixed with the drug. It’s a deadly combination.
HUMAN RIGHTS
Two-Thirds of UK FOIA Requests Unanswered as Lawsuits Pile Up
The government spent over $1.1 million in 2023 fighting lawsuits filed by citizens for Freedom of Information Act disclosures. They are following the US tradition of secrecy.
HUMAN RIGHTS
Convicted Trafficking Ring Leaders Used McDonald’s as a Pretext for Slavery
An English outpost of the burger chain is the unwitting enabler of a profitable racket run by a gang of Czech criminals, trapping victims into turning over their income—and their freedom.
