Slavery is Still a Major Concern in the Supply Chain
A new report highlights the hidden risks that workers may encounter when seeking employment and the steps that governments and businesses can take to prevent trafficking—including a demand for transparency in global supply chains.
This year’s U.S. State Department of 2015 Trafficking in Persons Report places a special emphasis on slavery in the global marketplace, and raises a great many issues for today’s multinational supply chain manager to consider.
When announcing the report’s release, Secretary of State John Kerry cited a mainstream media report of a young Cambodian boy who crossed the border into Thailand. He was promised a construction job, but found himself held by armed men and pressed into service on the sea, shackled by his neck to a boat.
“If that isn’t slavery and imprisonment, I don’t know what is,” Kerry said.
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This year’s U.S. State Department of 2015 Trafficking in Persons Report places a special emphasis on slavery in the global marketplace, and raises a great many issues for today’s multinational supply chain manager to consider.
When announcing the report’s release, Secretary of State John Kerry cited a mainstream media report of a young Cambodian boy who crossed the border into Thailand. He was promised a construction job, but found himself held by armed men and pressed into service on the sea, shackled by his neck to a boat.
“If that isn’t slavery and imprisonment, I don’t know what is,” Kerry said.
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