Solidarity Center Report: ‘Most Modern Slavery Is Forced Labor’

"Trafficking for labor exploitation is far more prevalent than sex trafficking globally, accounting for 68 percent of trafficked people," Solidarity Center Executive Director Shawna Bader-Blau said this week on Capitol Hill. Bader-Blau testified at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, “Ending Modern Slavery: What is the Best Way Forward?” The vast majority of the almost 21 million people in forced labor globally are exploited in the private economy, Bader-Blau said. Illegal profits made from the use of forced labor worldwide is $150 billion per year, “exceeding the GDP of many countries.” Read more at the Solidarity Center.

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