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Where Governments Fall Short in Combating Forced Labor in Supply Chains?—?And How They Can Improve

MIT Supply Chain

Such crimes create “living and working conditions contrary to human dignity” ( ILO, 2012 ). While this legislation might encourage companies to rethink their sourcing strategies, it would do little to solve the larger forced labor problem. Moreover, abuses may be occurring in the alternative sources of supply. If Xinjiang?—?or

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OHB subsidiary LuxSpace and arviem awarded new ESA contract

Global Trade Management

By having many service providers involved, which among each other are often not connected, the friction in moving goods from source to destination are very high. Betzdorf, Luxembourg, May 22, 2014 LuxSpace received an ESA development contract for the design of an innovative container tracking device. ► 2012. (1).