New Study Reports Widespread Forced Labor Abuses

FILE - Gilbert Houngbo, director-general of the International Labor Organization, talks to the media in Berlin, Nov. 29, 2022. Houngbo said of an ILO study on March 19, 2024: "Forced labor perpetuates cycles of poverty and exploitation and strikes at the heart of human dignity."

Forced labor generates $236 billion a year in illegal profits, a dramatic increase of $64 billion since 2014, a new study by the International Labor Organization reported on Tuesday.