"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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