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[High risk of modern slavery in nearly 60 percent
of countries, global index finds yahoo.com by Lin Taylor London Thomson Reuters
Foundation] "Almost 60 percent of countries are at high risk of using slave
labor in their supply chains, according to a new global index launched on
Thursday, which also ranked North Korea as having the worst record of slave
labor in the world.
By assessing incidents of human trafficking or
slavery, national laws, and the quality of law enforcement across 198 countries,
risk analytics company Verisk Maplecroft found that 115 countries were at high
or extreme risk of using slaves.
"Few countries in the world are actually immune to
modern slavery," said Alex Channer, lead analyst for human rights research at
Verisk Maplecroft.
Nearly 46 million people around the world are living
as slaves, forced to work in factories, mines and farms, sold for sex, trapped
in debt bondage or born into servitude, according to the 2016 Global Slavery
Index by rights group Walk Free Foundation.
Modern slavery has become a catch-all term to describe
human trafficking, forced labor, debt bondage, sex trafficking, forced marriage
and other slave-like exploitation.
Channer said Verisk Maplecroft's index aims to help
businesses identify countries most at risk of slave labor..." Full text:
High risk of modern slavery in nearly 60 percent of countries, global index
finds
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