In this report, case studies highlight how widespread modern slavery is today and its relevance to businesses. Examples include the widely reported abuses in the textiles and garments sector in Brazil, the investigative journalists undercovering horrific abuses in the Thai seafood industry, forced labour of many construction workers in the Middle East, modern slaves producing electronic goods in Asia that implicates the supply chains of many household brands for smart phones and computers, and the migrant workers being forced to work in factories in the UK.
The main objective of the project is to shed light on the crimes of human trafficking and migrant smuggling through a new typologies project which was among the priorities of the MENAFATF in 2019, by studying the various aspects linked to the topic ...Read More
As stores closed around the world in response to COVID-19 lockdowns in early 2020, fashion brands and retailers sought to minimize their losses, shifting the financial burden of the disruption to the bottom of their supply chain. Cancelled orders, d...Read More
Inequality is rampant across the global economy, and the agro-food sector is no exception. At the top, big supermarkets and other corporate food giants dominate global food markets, allowing them to squeeze value from vast supply chains that span the...Read More
This briefing for European policy makers outlines the increased risk of forced and child labour, in global supply chains of goods and services. It argues that extant national and EU law and policies are insufficient to eradicate slavery in supply ch...Read More
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