New findings reveal that forced labor in Turkmenistan’s cotton sector has worsened despite international intervention—and that tainted cotton is being masked by intermediary countries.

Illegal profits from forced labor worldwide have risen to the “obscene” amount of $236 billion per year, the U.N. labor agency reported Tuesday, with sexual exploitation to blame for three-fourths of ...

As Washington weighs new trade measures tied to forced labor, fashion brands may soon face higher import costs — and greater pressure to prove exactly where their products come from.

Bipartisan lawmakers on the Ways and Means Committee are calling on the Biden administration to fully enforce forced labor ...

The amendment eliminated the penal exception clause, which allowed the state to use forced labor in addition to incarceration as a punishment for crime. Ali Truwit found strength after she was ...

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WASHINGTON--BMW, Jaguar Land Rover and Volkswagen have bought parts made by a Chinese company sanctioned under a 2021 law for ...

The Department of Homeland Security is coming under pressure to sequester shipments of Labubu dolls coming into the US due to ...

Illegal profits from forced labor worldwide have surged to $236 billion annually, with sexual exploitation responsible for three-fourths of the earnings. The International Labor Organization has ...

Several recent US governmental regulatory actions intended to combat forced labor serve as a reminder to government contractors and importers of their need to conduct appropriate “know your supplier” ...

Most forced labor compliance frameworks ask companies to publish statements and describe their policies. The EU's new forced ...