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High risk of modern slavery in nearly 60 percent of countries, global index finds

2016-08-10 18:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: 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...

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