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Article

28 Mar 2014

Author:
Gina Dafalia, Walk Free Foundation, on Deutsche Welle (Germany)

'Slavery exists in every country'

The Global Freedom Network, a new working group of religious leaders, aims to put a stop to slavery...[It is] the brainchild of an Australian billionaire... Andrew Forrest...decided that he needed to have a look at the business operations of his company,...Fortescue Metals Group. He discovered he also had slavery in his own supply chains. He then put policies and procedures in place to tackle it. He also went a step further: He used his influence and his leverage to stop suppliers that were using slave labor. But that wasn't enough. He wanted to create a global movement where slavery would be abolished.