OECD’s report on Labour Exploitation and Illicit Trade exposes how forced labour and counterfeit goods fuel a hidden global FC network, generating huge illicit profits through opaque supply chains

by | Jan 20, 2026

The report highlights evidence of a robust statistical association between the scale of illicit trade in counterfeit goods—which is a massive global market valued at hundreds of billions of dollars—and the prevalence of labour abuses, including forced and exploitive...