US struggling to combat forced labour, ex anti-trafficking tsar warns
Thomson Reuters Foundation The United States must get better at tackling forced labour and fund specialist investigators to boost probes and prosecutions, the nation’s former anti-trafficking tsar said in an interview. Successive US governments have been “consistently weak” on labour trafficking with most investigations and criminal charges instead focusing on sexual slavery, said John Richmond, […]
Detecting slave-made goods from China is growing harder, US says
Thomson Reuters Foundation Major brands face a growing challenge to root out forced labour in Chinese supply chains, the top US anti-human trafficking official said Friday, as the United States stepped up the blocking of imports of goods made in Xinjiang. Ambassador-at-Large John Richmond said reports that forced labour by the Chinese government had spread […]
Focused look at human trafficking could reveal better data, top US official says
Washington, DCThomson Reuters Foundation The United States could fight human trafficking effectively with more refined measuring tools which could distinguish young victims from old, or those trapped in domestic jobs from forced farm work, its top anti-trafficking official said on Tuesday. Ambassador-at-Large John Richmond, speaking after a top-level government anti-trafficking commission meeting, said targeted questions […]
Trafficking prosecutions rarer than being hit by lightning – US official
New York, USThomson Reuters Foundation The global fight against human trafficking could use a boost in criminal prosecutions, the top US anti-trafficking official said on Thursday, noting the odds of getting hit by lightning are better than being prosecuted for the crime. About 11,000 prosecutions of human trafficking were recorded around the world last year, […]