Posts Tagged ‘coerced’
Increase in Exit Trafficking
A recent article in The Guardian reports that exit trafficking is on the rise with 30 cases being reported to the Australian Federal Police in the 2022-2023 financial year compared with 13 in 2018-2019. Exit trafficking occurs when a person is threatened, coerced or forced to leave Australia. Most victimes of exit trafficking are women.…
Read MoreFashion Supply Chains
On 24th April 2013 the eight-story Rana Plaza building outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapsed, killing more than 1,100 people and injuring thousands of others. In 2021 there is a 1 in 4 chance that a cotton t-shirt you purchase is tainted by forced labour. Around the world, exploitation and forced labour are rife in fashion supply chains. In the…
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