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U.S. canned tuna producer Bumble Bee Foods has asked a court to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that it knowingly benefited from its suppliers’ use of forced labor by Indonesian workers. Earlier this ...
It must step up its efforts to root out forced labour in supply chains as a matter of urgency,” said Áine Clarke, head of KTC and investor strategy at the BHRRC.
The Labor Department is canceling $500 million allocated to programs that combat child labor, forced labor, human trafficking and abusive practices in more than 40 countries.
In a new indictment, Sean “Diddy” Combs, has been accused of forced labor in relation to a racketeering conspiracy. While the superseding indictment did not list any new charges, it outlined ...
A 50-year-old woman and her 45-year-old husband were each charged with one count of conspiracy to commit forced labor and four counts of forced labor, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
The ILO's 2022 Global Estimates indicate that 17.3 million people suffer from forced labor exploitation in the private sector—with women and migrants disproportionately affected—while 3.9 ...
The U.S. has added 37 China-based companies to the UFLPA Entity List, expanding import bans on goods linked to forced labor in Xinjiang ...
An investigation by French outlet Disclose, in partnership with France 2’s documentary program Cash Investigation, revealed evidence of Uyghur forced labor in the supply chain of French ...
The Trump administration is weighing whether to add Temu and Shein to a forced labor list in a major blow to the Chinese fast-fashion giants, soon after President Trump imposed tariffs on China ...
The World Economic Forum (WEF) on Thursday urged companies worldwide to intensify efforts to prevent forced labor, a pervasive issue that continues to effect approximately 27.6 million individuals, ...
Homeland Security announced on Friday that it was blacklisting 29 Chinese-based companies under the Uyghur Forced Labor Act, bringing the number of companies banned under the law to 107.
The European Union is one step closer to completing a long-awaited bloc-wide ban on the sale of products made with forced labor. The Council of the EU on Tuesday approved a regulation that would ...