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President Clinton Announces Verite and ASSET's Commitment to Address Human Trafficking and Forced Labor at Clinton Global Initiative
September 24, 2009Verite, the global NGO, together with the Alliance to Stop Slavery and End Trafficking (ASSET), announced today at the Clinton Global Initiative a commitment aimed at stemming forced labor and human trafficking world-wide. The joint commitment, entitled, Brokering Results in the Prevention of Slavery, will mobilize effective approaches to preventing human trafficking in supply chains, including manufacturing and material sourcing with companies, NGOs, regulators and other stakeholders. The organizations seek to recruit three companies initially to take the lead in examining and addressing risks, and then share the learning that results. Today, human trafficking and slavery ensnare the lives of more than 25 million people. Forced labor, child labor and trafficking permeate many of the world's supply chains and are an emerging concern in the private sector. Verite and ASSET's joint commitment is aimed at providing tools for corporations, governments, and civil society to address the business processes that lead to slavery through debt bondage and other risk factors. Full release.