Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By JAMEY KEATEN (Associated Press) GENEVA — Illegal profits from forced labor worldwide have risen to the “obscene” amount of $236 billion per year, the U.N.

The entry into force in December 2024 of the European Union’s new Forced Labor Product Ban Regulation (FLR) marked a step forward in the fight against forced labor in Europe and around the world. The ...

The European Union’s new Forced Labor Regulation will require companies to identify and eliminate forced labor in their operations and supply chains, Human Rights Watch and the Cornell Global Labor ...

In this article we will share the list of 20 countries that use child labor or forced labor for goods production. Although the world has progressed so much, two inhumane forms of labor — child labor ...

In a rare near-unanimous vote, the U.S. Congress passed the landmark Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) in December 2021. Since coming into force in June 2022, the law has banned the import of ...

The Manifest Modernization Act enhances forced labor risk identification, assists Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in trade enforcement action, levels the playing field for legitimate trade, and ...