Paper Chains
Welcome to Paper Chains, a podcast that takes a deep dive into key reports, uncovering exploitation, labor abuses, and global supply chain tracking. This series is a project of Five24, dedicated to shining a light on the facts behind the headlines.
Podcasting since 2025 • 11 episodes
Paper Chains
Latest Episodes
Episode 11 - The Global Scorecard: Inside the 2025 Trafficking in Persons Report
n this episode of Paper Chains, we unpack the 2025 U.S. Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, one of the world’s most influential assessments of how governments respond to human trafficking. Covering more than 180 countries, the ...
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Episode 10 - Climate Migration and the Future of Exploitation
In this episode of Paper Chains, we zoom out from the reports we’ve explored on climate vulnerability and infrastructure breakdown to examine the bigger picture: how climate-driven migration is reshaping global labor markets and traffi...
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Episode 9 - Broken Systems: How Climate Infrastructure Failures Create Trafficking Risk
In this episode of Paper Chains, we examine a report from the International Organization for Migration exploring how failing infrastructure—roads, water systems, housing, and energy networks—can increase vulnerability to human traffick...
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Episode 8 - When Climate Crisis Becomes Trafficking Risk: Gender, Migration, and Exploitation
In this episode of Paper Chains, we unpack a powerful report from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) examining how climate change is increasing vulnerability to human trafficking—especially for women and girls. As envir...
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Episode 7 - Farmers Have No Freedom: Hidden Controls Behind Uzbekistan’s Cotton and Wheat
In this episode of Paper Chains, we unpack the Human Rights Watch report “Farmers Have No Freedom”, which exposes how cotton and wheat farmers in Uzbekistan face coercive quotas, state control, land insecurity, and conditions ...
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