The United States Department of Labor has released a list of products imported into the United States that are likely tainted by forced labor or child labor. Under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2005 the Bureau of International Labor Affairs was required to compile the report to educate consumers and inform the general public about what products are tainted by slavery. The list consists of 122 goods from 58 countries.
Top industries sited:
- Rubber from Liberia;
- Cocoa from Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea and Nigeria;
- Cotton from Uzbekistan;
- Tobacco from Malawi;
- Cottonseed from India;
- Cobalt, Coltan, Copper, Diamonds and Gold from the DRC;
- Sugarcane from Brazil, DR, Guatemala (and many others)
The countries listed as top offenders were: India ( 19), Burma (14), Bangladesh (13), Brazil (13), China ( 12), and Philippines (12).
To read more visit the Department of Labor website
RE: The United States Department of Labor has released a list of products imported into the United States that are likely tainted by forced labor or child labor.
If you can please put the exact url of the List mentioned above on your page — searching the DOL site is NOT fun and I still can’t find this list!!
Thank you.
Here is the PDF with the complete list, by country and marked whether is is child labor, forced labor or both.
http://www.dol.gov/ilab/programs/ocft/PDF/2009TVPRA.pdf