Forced Labor
Domestic Workers, Forced Labor, and the Locked Doors of Covid-19
In October 2019, BBC News Arabic conducted an undercover investigation in the Middle East. Two reporters, posing as a husband …
Human Trafficking and Prison Labor, Part 3: Incarcerated Workers and COVID-19
This is the final part in a three-part blog series authored by Polaris to introduce the issue. The first two …
COVID-19 and Human Trafficking
The coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, has resulted in widespread stay at home orders, shuttering businesses and creating mass layoffs. …
Tackling Modern Slavery with Blockchain
For more than a decade, the international anti-modern slavery community has not come close to meeting its full potential. A …
Human Trafficking and Prison Labor, Part 2: Understanding the Types of Prison Labor
Most people assume that in 1865 with the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment slavery in the United States was abolished. However, forced labor still exists in the United States today through the exception built into the Thirteenth Amendment for those who have been “duly convicted of a crime”. This exception made it legal and permissible to continue slavery within prisons in the United States. This is commonly known now as prison labor.
Human Trafficking and Prison Labor, Part 1: An Overview
This is the first in a three-part blog series authored by Polaris to introduce the issue. Read part two here, …
Remediation and Elimination of Recruitment Costs Charged to Migrant Workers
Guest post by Verité, originally posted on Verité’s website Migrant workers are frequently confronted with a choice: pay illegal …
Slave-free Holiday Shopping
The holiday season is upon us. Along with cookie exchanges and holiday parties, many of us mark the season by …
Preventing Goods Made with Forced Labor from Entering the United States
Forced labor is used to produce a wide array of goods. For example, The New York Times, produced a series …
What’s in Your Chocolate this Halloween?
The majority of cocoa, the main ingredient in chocolate, comes from just two countries – Ghana and Cote D’Ivoire. In both countries child labor in the cocoa sector is prevalent.