Consumer goods from forced labor?

Hart said trafficking victims may be forced to manufacture consumer goods. But the companies they work for are often not aware of this.

“We’re finding increasingly a number of companies who are asking us how can we make better traceability in our supply chain and make sure that what we sell, what we produce, is not the result in any way of people who are victims of trafficking,” he said.

The new agreement also calls for greater response to the problem at the local, regional and international levels. It also aims to increase cooperation with other agencies, including the Global Migration Group and the Inter-Agency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons.