Products of Slavery

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Products

of Slavery

12.3 million people, both children and adults, working in forced labour, a modern form of slavery. The U.S. Department of Labor’s study found a high incidence of forced labour being used in 29 countries to produce 50 There are at least

products. Anti-Slavery International aims to raise awareness of the problem of forced labour, to encourage consumers to ask and to call upon companies to join efforts towards its

Bolivia Peanuts

Sugarcane

Corn

Chestnuts

Cattle

Sugarcane

Timber

Charcoal

Cattle

Timber

Chestnuts

Gold

Brazil

Peru

Nigeria Granite

Cocoa

Coffee

Bricks

Rice

Sugarcane

Sesame

Sunflower

Jade

Shrimp

Palm thatch

Garments

Footwear

Coal

Bricks

Cotton

Decorations

Electronics

Nails

Artificial flowers

Toys

Fireworks

Garments

Carpets

Embroidery

Bricks

Rice

Stone

Cottonseed

Wheat

Carpets

Coal

Bricks

Cotton

Sugarcane

Coal

Gold

Textiles

Bricks

Iron

Cement

Stone

Carpets

Embroidery

Bricks

Cotton

Tobacco

Garments

Shrimp

Garments

Oil palm

Malaysia

Russia

Garments

Pornography

Tajikistan Cotton

Diamonds

Turkmenistan Cotton

Rice

Ghana

Uzbekistan Cotton

Tilapia (fish)

Anti-Slavery International is the only charity in the United Kingdom working exclusively against slavery and related abuses and is the leading organisation in this field. Anti-Slavery International The Stableyard, Broomgrove Road, London SW9 9TL Tel: +44 (0)20 7501 8920 Registered charity no: 1049160 info@antislavery.org www.antislavery.org/supplychain/ www.antislavery.org/workingwithbusiness/

Benin

8 countries

Mali

Rubies

all work or service which is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty and for which the worker does not offer himself or herself voluntarily. Forced labour is defined as

Thailand

Cattle

Sierra Leone

Castor beans

Nepal

Coca (stimulant plant)

Argentina

Beans

North Korea

Sugarcane

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Teak

Pakistan

Kazakhstan

Paraguay

Rubber

India

Dominican Republic

Colombia

Bamboo

China

Gold

Cote d'Ivoire Cocoa

Burma

Gravel

Burkina Faso Cotton

eradication.

questions

Jordan Garments

Cotton

6 countries

6 countries

5 countries

Four major industries deploying forced labour

This graphic does not intend to invite the boycott of specific goods or countries. Boycotts can undermine the economy of an already poor country and hurt those in slavery-like conditions as well as those employers who are not exploiting their workers. Anti-Slavery International takes decisions to call for boycotts very carefully. Forced labour is a worldwide phenomenon. The absence of countries or products in this graphic does not necessarily reflect the absence of forced labour. Conversely, the inclusion of a product does not automatically mean it is produced only by workers in conditions of forced labour. The variety of goods in a particular country does not reflect the scale of forced labour in that country.

Malawi Tobacco

Data source The United States Department of Labor (2009) ’Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor’ http://www.dol.gov/ilab/programs/ocft/PDF/2009TVPRA.pdf Designed by Tactical Technology Collective in association with MediaShala


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