ILO FORCED LABOUR
May 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLAT least 12.3 million people are trapped in forced labour around the world, says the International Labour Organisation (ILO), with the overwhelming majority being in Asia. A new report said 9.5 million forced labourers were in Asia; 1.3 million in Latin America and the Caribbean; 660,000 in sub-Saharan Africa; 260,000 in the Middle East and North Africa; 360,000 in industrialised countries; and 210,000 in 'transition' countries, for instance in eastern Europe. As expected, agriculture, construction, brick-making and informal sweatshop ...
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