The U.S. has issued detention orders on 5 imports from other countries thought to be products of global forced labor, fed by human trafficking.
Also included in the seizure were gold from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malaysian rubber gloves and bone black from Brazil.
Products that violate that law are subject to seizure or exclusion. The violation could lead to criminal investigation of the importers. says there were 152 million child laborers between 5-17 years old in 2017; of these, 73 million were working in hazardous conditions. This includes domestic servitude, scavenging in dumps and being used as soldiers in conflict zones.
Forced labor is fed by the practice of human trafficking. The ILO estimates approximately 24.9 million people trapped in forced labor, generating $150 billion per year in profit.Human Rights Watch
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