Maloney Pushes For New Human Trafficking Control Bill
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Queens-Manhattan Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney drummed up support at City Hall on Wednesday for new legislation that focuses on human trafficking.
If passed, the bill would require businesses to identify any form of abuse, trafficking, slavery or child labor practices within their supply lines and report them to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"They have to tell the world and take positive steps to ensure that consumers know and workers know, that they've made sure that everyone who works for them are being treated fairly," said Ariel Zwang of Safe Horizon.
"Investors will act, those who care about this issue, with their dollars and reward those companies that are doing the right thing," said Maloney.
According to Maloney, an estimated 12.3 million people are working in some form of forced labor worldwide.