This report is based largely on interviews with garment suppliers, social compliance auditors, and garment industry experts, including those with at least a decade’s experience sourcing for numerous global brands; hundreds of interviews with workers; and trade export data analysis for key producing markets from Asia. The report argues that brands’ poor sourcing and purchasing practices can be a huge part of the root cause for rampant labour abuses in apparel factories, undercutting efforts to hold suppliers accountable for their abusive practices. Because brands typically have more business clout in a brand-supplier relationship, how brands do business with suppliers has a profound influence on working conditions.
This regularly updated website includes links to different reports and guides produced by the Alliance to End Slavery & Trafficking (ATEST), all of which provide funding recommendations to Congress to fight human trafficking. You can...Read More
Trafficking in human beings is a global phenomenon encountered with by almost all countries in the world – either as countries of origin, transit, or final destination for the victims. Due to the complexity of the very phenomenon, numerous United ...Read More
Trafficking occurs before, during, and after crises. It may occur at any stage of displacement and in any location. Traffickers capitalize on the widespread human, material, social and economic losses and consequent vulnerabilities caused by emergen...Read More
Victims of trafficking in humans can be found in a variety of situations. You can play a role in identifying such victims. This tool lists detailed indicators by type of exploitation, and with a focus on child trafficking. ...Read More
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