Profits and poverty: the economics of forced labour
This report estimates the profits generated from forced labour in the world today. These profits reflect the wages effectively stolen from the pockets of workers by the perpetrators of forced labour through their coercive practices. Understanding and addressing these illicit profits is critical to achieve progress in the fight against forced labour. 28 million people were trapped in forced labour on any given day in 2021. Forced labour is a criminal offence and a serious violation of fundamental human rights. Beyond the individual consequences for the victims, forced labour comes with economic ... Show more
Authors: Francavilla, Francesca; Lyon, Scott; De Cock, Michaelle
Published: Geneva, Switzerland, ILO, 2024
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Physical description: vi, 36 p.
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