The Forum's new publication Hedging Risk by Combating Human Trafficking: Insights from the Private Sector is designed to help companies share best practices so they can mitigate their risks and help eliminate this heinous practice. In this first of a series, we highlight insights and...

This paper is a review of the literature on slavery, forced labor and human trafficking, which all involve the use of coercion in the production of goods and services. Applying economic theory and numbers to subjects such as slavery, forced labor and human trafficking can be sensitive, and has...

Die Annahme, es gäbe heutzutage keine Sklaverei mehr, geht an der Realität vorbei. Tatsächlich sind heute - in absoluten Zahlen - mehr Menschen versklavt als jemals zuvor in der Geschichte. Die Internationale Arbeitsorganisation der Vereinten Nationen spricht von "moderner Sklaverei" und...