Asia, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Labor Supply Chains, Recruitment
The most significant contributor to the ongoing presence of debt bondage or forced labor in global supply chains is the burden of recruitment fees and expenses on migrant workers. Many employers and recruiters in high risk global supply chains build business models on charging unskilled and low-skilled workers fees for employment. Specifically, employers pay no or insufficient professional service fees to the recruitment agents they engage to find them workers. Rather, they knowingly allow agents to recoup revenue and the significant legitimate expenses associated with international labor migration—such as government approvals and travel costs—from the workers themselves.
Financial Sector, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking
Verité is pleased to be included in a vital new effort to leverage the resources of the global financial sector to more fully combat modern day slavery. Verité’s CEO, Shawn MacDonald, was appointed to the Financial Sector Commission on Modern Slavery and Human...
Food and Beverage, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Labor Supply Chains
The food and drink we rely on daily for sustenance and enjoyment can have their origins in supply chains that are detrimental to those that harvest and process the raw materials that go into their production. This past September, KnowtheChain, a resource for companies...
Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Southeast Asia, Technology
Forced Labor in the Malaysian Electronics Industry The Atlantic reports in a recent article that references Verité, “Poor people around the world are streaming into Malaysia in search of factory work. Once they arrive, they often find only hardship.” A...
Extractives, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Illicit Goods, Latin America
Verité’s report, The Nexus of Illegal Gold Mining and Human Trafficking in Global Supply Chains, starkly highlights how illegal gold mining throughout Latin America is tied to human trafficking, which will be of interest to the wide variety of companies and retailers that sell products containing gold.
