on the high street to the impact of modern day slavery is a growing issue walk free foundation save billions in at risk goods that use forced labor of flooding the market every single thing that we buy has a positive or negative impact on a human being's life when we say the goods we buy we don't want to abuse another person in the process that's a wave that's coming and i think the business is really want to be on the right side of this report paints a shocking picture of slavery across the world its authors are urging businesses and governments to prioritize human rights and do more to address slavery and supply chains but it's ordinary consumers and those that don't live beneath the threat of slavery that could make a difference campaigners say urging those in power to do more could at least reduce the vulnerability to millions and gallacher al-jazeera at the united nations in new york. media reports from eritrea suggest troops are being withdrawn from the heavily militarized border with ethiopia the leaders of both countries signed a peace and friendship agreement earlier this month and

on the high street to the impact of modern day slavery is a growing issue walk free foundation say billions in at risk goods that use forced labor of flooding the market every single thing that we buy has a positive or negative impact on a human being's life when we say the goods we buy we don't want to abuse another person in the process that's a way that's coming and i think the businesses really want to be on the right side of this report paints a shocking picture of slavery across the world its authors are urging businesses and governments to prioritize human rights and do more to address slavery and supply chains but it's ordinary consumers and those that don't live beneath a threat of slavery that could make a difference campaigners say urging those in power to do more could at least reduce the vulnerability to millions and gallacher al-jazeera at the united nations in new york. well still ahead here on the al-jazeera news we have the details about. the integrity and the tapes to stay with us. the film good morning vietnam. at the age of seventy nine. i know you know man i was a dream

previously thought that's according to the latest global slavery index the report from the walk free foundation says more than forty million people across the world are living in slavery and the gallagher reports now from the u.n. headquarters in new york. forced to work against their will on any given day across the world millions of modern day slaves toil in fields and factories seventy percent of them are estimated to be women and children the problem isn't restricted to developing nations according to the walk free foundation researchers say despite strict laws slavery is a growing problem and the world's wealthiest nations the numbers of modern day slavery a much higher in reached developed countries like the united states like the united kingdom like my home country astray or the numbers of modern day slavery in those wealthy countries is much higher than we previously understood the study also says that north korea is the slave capital of the world and to an estimated two point six million forced labor as for this latest report fifty defectors were interviewed forty nine of them say they

previously thought that's according to the latest global slavery index the report from the walk free foundation says more than forty million people across the world are living in slavery and the gallagher reports now from the u.n. headquarters in new york forced to work against their will on any given day across the world millions of modern day slaves toil in fields in factories seventy percent of them are estimated to be women and children the problem isn't restricted to developing nations according to the walk free foundation researchers say despite strict laws slavery is a growing problem in the world's wealthiest nations the numbers of modern day slavery a much higher in reached developed countries like the united states like the united kingdom but my home country a strain of the numbers of modern day slavery in those wealthy countries is much higher than the previously understood the study also says that north korea is the slave capital of the world and to an estimated two point six million forced laborers for this latest report fifty defectors were interviewed forty nine of them say they

on the high street to the impact of modern day slavery is a growing issue the walk free foundation say billions in at risk.