The 300 years the most powerful nations honest group richer and strong on the profits of the slave trade over 12000000 men women and children will also be transported from africa on slave ships like this to the colonies and plantations in north and south America Today slavery is illegal in every country on the planet but the truth is slavery did not die in the 19th century it is a life that is thriving and it is bigger than ever. Throughout the 350 years of the Transatlantic Slave Trade more than a 3rd of the 12000000 slaves transported from africa was shipped to brazil. 123 years ago brazil became the last country in the americas to abolish slavery. 15 years ago brazil adopted an Innovative Program to eradicates modern slavery. Yet today in one of the fastest rising global economies up to a quarter of a 1000000 men and women are enslaved in brazil. It can not but articulate about it another that theyre all but equal cept soaking. Theyre all going to also wont. Mark of. 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Every year brazil exports around 10000000. 00 tonnes of pick on a key ingredient in the worldwide production of steel and charcoal is the 1st stage in that chain joke of oh theres a tiny thing my finale that is close even a king only propositional hospital they put off as a filler was a yes i feel was a im not there yet but ema the last 7 years ago investigators working for local n. G. O. S uncovered damning evidence of slavery in brazilian charcoal farms which was supplying the pig iron industry in response the government and industry established the National Pact to eradicate slave labor and its aim was to encourage companies to monitor their working conditions at all stages of production. Similar to a measly 15 on and Steel Companies set up the charcoal Citizens Institute to investigate and monitor industry supply chains but membership of the pact and the institute is voluntary and since 2004 many predawn companies have simply ignored. Muslim 1st for c. H. And for specific. Last. Years in prison leave his children of his age mr lot more adults limited. To tell form accused to do tours no go. I would usually do careful to thought i wasnt getting this in lopping what i meant to pick up more than 2 on that a little sheer paudeen e be applauding jim you know you for an. Illustration to produce. The results slavery continues to infect charcoal production and the entire supply chain that feeds. This is the Industrial Zone on the outskirts of ma where most of the pagan factories are located and according to the evidence that weve been given and the testimonies weve heard one of these companies is allegedly still involved in buying illegally produced charcoal made by slave labor. Because of. When president. Will do so and. Yes and that is a lie the needs as much americans. Produces 330000. 00 tons of pig on every year relying on charcoal to heat its furnace its. In the slave camps of the amazon its an open secret where some of that charcoal comes from 1st. And do you know to Work Companies or weigh the truck always go out ill quote one if theyre my Little Pocket book. In 2010 cause the products it gives were photographed with his then brazilian president lula to get the company has a lengthy record of using slaves tainted. In 2004 slave labor was discovered and called the pot of chocolate fall in 2005 if you slaves change the women and children with fried from a tropical farm hes the only customer was. The same yes it was find 1000000. 00 brazilian ralph while the hoffa 1000000. 00 of purchasing charcoal from a Company Holding slaves. In 2009 and in direct supplier of charcoal to cause he was discovered using slave labor. Because he was expelled from the tropical systems history because it had failed to pay the monday 3 subscriptions to fund the anti slavery. Was it but if i was a. Boy my years as a brzezinski dont be alone. When we went to cause it bought as head office in states we were not well. But. Again i think. The momentum of the l. B. O. Of it will be that was if i lived in my room and it was not going to know just where in a public area here i did. And when its not allowed. Were from Al Jazeera Television and were wondering if theres anyone we could interview about because it was operation was and i watched it that much it got full. Cause in directors refused to talk to us then i mean i you know im the company has subsequently ignored repeated requests to comment on allegations of slavery in its supply chain. So where does cause he bought a slave team to be going go into these trains that take the pentagon away from bottle up to the coast from that loaded on to ships taken to western industrialized countries like europe japan but its actually the United States. Most of course the pot is pagan is sold through just one u. S. Broca an Illinois Based Company called National Material trading we have obtained u. S. Customs documents 420092010 showing that n. M. C. Has regularly imported shipments of pig on from calls. Steel aluminum metals critic National Material trading has been a long time supplier paid on to major American Steel producers they in turn supply some of the most Famous Brands in the world. National material trading refused to respond to questions about its purchase of slave trade to take on from causing harm or to disclose the steel producing middlemen to whom they sell it. With multiple locations specializing in steel distribution and processing National Material is one of the largest Steel ServiceCenter Groups in the u. S. But in recent years ford calls general much as i am will one of the worlds biggest manufacturers of washing machines sugars and microwave ovens have a knowledge he steals which was made from an empty figure. Today for. And General Motors say that an empty seat is not one of their direct scale one supplies but that they couldnt comment on in direct or middlemen supply. For told us the pig iron situation has been taken very seriously by the Senior Management team of ford since 2006 when it was originally brought to our attention we have asked all our suppliers that might use pig produced using charcoal from questionable sources to verify their supply chain. Validation continues to be challenging given the number of supply chain between ford and the charcoal caps in brazil. And General Motors said General Motors has a strict 0 tolerance policy against the use of child labor abusive treatment of employees or corrupt Business Practices in the supply of goods and services to General Motors the companys contracts require that a supplier represents that neither it nor any of its subcontractors will utilize child slave prisoner or any other form of forced or involuntary labor we learned in 2006 that a direct supplier of General Motors may have been using materials purchased from an empty at that time we investigated immediately and took appropriate steps will pool promised the statements but did not provide one. In washington what was it but it was a part of it is a scheme. A dull day at the my school and sawyer. Pretty soon was so was going to put his presence a total myth to kill us the money quo cas. Calls on those. You know as they shouted you d g. That it was what it was so enormous that brocchini budget. And the settlement of the killer special. Goes meow does appear sourced so only bear. Who made the phone less than 0 and if you could talk to a family about to buy a car in the United States or japan or germany and they didnt realize that it was being produced in a Church Supply Chain that involved slave labor what would you say to a family. In public or planet. So who is really committed to stopping slave tainted charcoal contaminates in the global marketplace. The brazilian government prides itself on its commitment to end slave labor yes how effective is that commitment. The labor minister. Why do you think despite all these efforts that brazil has taken why is it so hard to eradicate this. Drug supply. While it is not the scruff looked at as you let me stop but i dont displease biologist dodged a bit as you he has been taking all corseted skulduggery just say yes use volage for this job or thought i was going to start. You peel we because of the fault. Of conduct but suspicious because you. Know in school because used not took to the garage and you flipped up on not to. Give up it was part of your governments really have to come up with this resource to end slavery they promised to do so by passing laws that say we will not have slavery in our countries until. The right mixture of politicians and the public and thought leaders and Business Leaders and immediately as you name it understand it and get get get the big picture we can raise those resources. Ironically the key to building that understanding may lie in one of the most ubiquitous if least noticed by consumers tools of modern business the buck. One thing that i learned as a bit of a shock to me was the link that i personally had to modern slavery every day when i walked into my favorite store when i picked a product off the shelf there was a story behind the barcode theres a story behind that product the question is how and now. David batstone founded the Antislavery Campaign group not to say a key part of its mission is to empower consumers with information so they can join the fight against slave labor in the Global Supply chain. So our team came up with 40 factors that go into the making of any product based on that we began to grade products and companies and using that material 1st we took that data and gave a grade a b. C. D. E. F. Like you would get when you were in school the result was an application for smartphones that enables consumers to check a product Slavery Index whenever wherever they go shopping the app is designed so you can scan a barcode on a store shelf the great comes up and you can say well. I wonder why they got an a or one away got an f. And you can click to see the score card you can see the 40 factors for transparency transparency in supply chains is essential for ensuring that slave labor is not being used to make products that end up in consumers homes but ultimately it is up to governments to enforce legislation and penalties if they dont then men like joes a and hide will continue to be enslaved. Baltimore md all of. Them i think about dont think. More about them. But i. Said. To them. In the next episode of slavery a 21st century evil women sold into bridal slavery in india and the difficult investigation to track down next africas. It starts in coral communities with the promise of a prosperous marriage. But countless young indian women find themselves gee commodifying soul and sold again. To toil by day. Only to be violated by night. Slavery a 21st century evil continues with bridal slaves on aljazeera. Aljazeera. Where every. Image can change the way we see the world if were not seen theres we will be talking about it it can spark mass action or serve the interests of the powerful he created this moment for a photo opportunity that can obscure the truth this is a legitimate news story but is it and attacking points are pretty identical it can forge narratives or rewrite through the listening post gives you the full picture on a jazzier. In 2008 aljazeera documented a groundbreaking skiing. Preparing some of indias poorest children for entry into its toughest universities. We returned to see how the students and the scheme of helping change the face of india. Super 30 on around a 0. By historic choice Presumptive Democratic president ial candidate joe biden picks senator comma harris as his running mate and the reaction from the president has been swift. Shes a big tax raiser shes a big. Slasher of funds for our military and shes got a lot of difficult things that shes going to have to explain