U.S. DHS announces partnership to combat importation of goods produced with forced labor
Strategic partnership between DHS’s Center for Countering Human Trafficking (CCHT) and an international non-governmental organization (NGO)
U.S. DHS announces partnership to combat importation
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security today announced a strategic partnership between DHS’s Center for Countering Human Trafficking (CCHT) and an international non-governmental organization (NGO) to enhance DHS’s ability to investigate forced labor in the supply chain.
Today’s DHS release announces that the partnership with the NGO, formalized through a “memorandum of understanding” signed this week, will enable CCHT to further:
- Streamline intelligence
- Initiate new criminal investigations
- Advance ongoing investigations to hold corporations and individual perpetrators accountable
The NGO will provide critical documentary evidence to support allegations that forced labor is occurring at manufacturing facilities in countries of interest.
Background
Globally, forced labor is estimated to be the predominant form of human trafficking. Partnerships with NGOs and civil society organizations (CSOs) help identify corporations using forced labor in their supply chains, advance counter-human trafficking law enforcement operations, protect victims, and enhance prevention efforts.
President Biden in December 2021 signed legislation to combat forced labor by imposing restrictions related to China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous region, such as prohibiting certain imports from Xinjiang and imposing sanctions on those responsible for human rights violations there. Read TradeNewsFlash
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