An independent assessment of government progress towards achieving UN Sustainable Development Goal 8.7.

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Download the full PDF of the 2018 Global Slavery Index

Download the data that sits behind the GSI prevalence estimates, vulnerability model, and government response index. Also includes all data used for G20 import calculations.

Two steps forward, yes. But it’s a change in mindset that is needed

By Fiona David

Modern Slavery: A global phenomenon

By Kevin Hyland

Survivors are speaking. Are we listening?

By Minh Dang

Public Procurement: The trillion-dollar missing link

By Andrew Forrest, AO and Chevaan Daniel

Unfinished Business: Addressing the victimisation of women and girls

By Jacqueline Joudo Larsen

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Read about the risk of forced labour in the fishing industry

Learn about the prevalence of forced labour in the cocoa industry

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Understand which products are at risk of being imported into G20 countries

Read the detailed methodology behind the development of the Global Slavery Index

See the key findings from the report

Find out about the Walk Free Foundation, modern slavery, and what the Index covers

Read the summary of how the Index is developed

Download our in-depth report on modern slavery in the Americas.

Learn about the experience of North Koreans living in conditions of forced labour

Download the full PDF of the 2016 Global Slavery Index