Illegally mined gold represents 77% of gold mined in Ecuador, 80% of gold mined in Colombia and 80-90% in Venezuela. Illegal gold mining employs hundreds of thousands of workers across Latin America, many of whom are extremely vulnerable to labour exploitation and human trafficking, and it provides funding to organised crime groups and terrorism across the region.

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Launch of the OSCE and Tech Against Trafficking publication: Leveraging innovation to fight trafficking in human beings: A comprehensive analysis of technology tools
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When: June 24, 2020 @ 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

Launch of the OSCE and Tech Against Trafficking publication Leveraging innovation to fight trafficking in human beings: A comprehensive analysis of technology tools 24 June 2020 16:30-17:30 CEST | 7:30-8:30 PST | 10:30-11:30 EST via Zoom Description The intersection of...

Illegal Logging, Environmental Crime, and Human Trafficking
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When: February 22, 2018 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

The environmental crime of illegal logging creates a layered web of exploitation. Natural resources, protected lands, and threatened species of plants and trees are exploited as well as trafficked labour. Criminal networks often force indigenous populations into slavery and other...

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Delta 8.7
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Delta 8.7 is a global knowledge platform exploring what works to eradicate forced labour, modern slavery, human trafficking and child labour, an aim set out in Target 8.7 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. On any given day in 2016, the latest y...Read More

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Sustainability standards’ role in helping to eliminate forced labour
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This ISEAL webinar on forced labour, collects the views and opinions of a range of panellists on how standards can play a key role in identifying and helping to eliminate forced labour, including child labour, through improved detection and remedia...Read More