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The fifth Annual Concordia Summit will focus on Labor Trafficking…
The Summit in New York City, will explore solutions involving global challenges and public-private partnerships. Many of the discussions focused on labor trafficking and the estimated 20.9 million human trafficking victims worldwide. It is estimated that most–68%–are victims of forced labor. Much profit is gained in this crime and at low risk. There were surprisingly only 4,443 global convictions last year.
As the world turns its gaze to the Paris Olympics, the story of Mohammed Zaman sheds light on the plight faced by survivors of modern slavery in the U.K. After nearly two decades of battling for his right to remain in the U.K., Zaman hopes to carry the Olympic torch, symbolizing his resilience and hard-won freedom. Forced to overstay and work Zaman arrived in London from Bangladesh in 2005 with a visa and a job lined up. However, his sponsor quickly
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