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Sex trade to slavery: A UN agency says criminals reap $236B a year in profits from forced labor

Mar. 19, 2024 08:32 AM EDT

GENEVA (AP) — Illegal profits from forced labor worldwide have risen to the “obscene” amount of $236 billion per year, the U.N. labor agency reported Tuesday, with sexual exploitation to blame for three-fourths of the take from a business that deprives migrants of money they can send home,...