IKEA furniture was allegedly produced by prisoners in Belarus penal colonies under forced labor conditions, according to a new report by the French non-profit investigative journalism network Disclose
Disclose alleges that at least ten of
suppliers resorted to forced labor from prisoners in Belarus’ IK-15 penal colony and IK-2 juvenile prison. said, adding the war in Ukraine accelerated its June 2022 decision to leave Belarus and terminate all its contracts with suppliers there. “While present in Belarus, we carried out regular audits in combination with the mapping of our supply chain to secure compliance with our requirements. Anytime we receive indications of misconduct, we take them seriously, investigate and act on them.
worth approximately $83 million under a strategy called “Go Belarus,” with the volume of products manufactured by Belarussian companies registering an annual growth of 50%, according to a 2019 statement by the Belarus Ambassador to Sweden. At the time the ambassador, Dmitry Mironchik, said
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