Tainted Carpets: Slavery and Child Labor in India’s Hand-Made Carpet Sector

Siddharth Kara

This research project is: 1. The largest ever investigation into slavery and child labor in the hand-made carpet sector of India; 2. The largest single first-hand investigation of slavery and child labor of any kind conducted to date; 3. The largest single first-hand investigation of slavery and child labor in a commodity’s supply chain conducted to date; and 4. A fully replicable model for future investigations into slavery and child labor in the supply chains of dozens of commodities that may also be tainted by these offenses.