Microsoft, Apple suppliers exposed in Australia anti-slavery law

A ground-breaking program launched in Australia is making it easier for activists like Kitto along with governments and investors to track the harsh, slave-like conditions that afflict some 40 million people around the world. — Bloomberg

For years, Carolyn Kitto has trekked through the Himalayan foothills in northern India to assess the working conditions of pickers who gather tea leaves for global brands.

At times, that’s meant wading knee-deep in raw sewage to talk to workers in their make-shift cabins looking for signs of modern slavery - forced or child labour, indentured staff or illegal fees paid to recruiters.