Forced labor generating $150 billion in profits yearly: report
[JURIST] The International Labor Organization (ILO) [advocacy website] issued a report [text; PDF] on Tuesday
claiming that forced labor in the private economy generates $150
billion of profits worldwide every year. The figure is based on data
published by ILO in 2012, estimating that 21 million people, more than
half of them women and girls, are victims of forced private labor with
two-thirds of all profits made from sexual exploitation. "The continued
existence of forced labour is bad for its...
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