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Fighting modern slavery in the Covid era
Covid-19 has exacerbated the economic conditions in which modern slavery thrives.
Global Insight reports on how work on solutions continues despite the global turmoil created by the pandemic.
Header pic: Workers who have been saved from labour exploitation and are currently working with NoCap, Sagnet s NGO. Pictures supplied courtesy of Yvan Sagnet and NoCap.
As a child growing up in Cameroon, Yvan Sagnet began dreaming about moving to Italy after becoming hooked on the Italia 90 FIFA World Cup. His dream came true when he won a scholarship to study engineering at the Polytechnic University of Turin in 2008, but quickly turned into a nightmare when he failed an exam, lost his scholarship and, at a friend s suggestion, travelled to the south of the country to try to find work.