Bolstering Efforts to Address Human Trafficking

On July 29th 2024, Counter Forced Labor Technologies in partnership with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce hosted a conference titled Bolstering Efforts to Address Human Trafficking. Specifically, Lt. Col. James D. Wiley, USMC Ret., the Chief Operating Officer at Counter Forced Labor (CFL) Technologies, gave an overview of how the global risk assessment technology developed by Counter Forced Labor Technologies helps businesses efficiently examine forced labor in their supply chains. CFL empowers corporations and businesses to mitigate forced labor in their supply chains by providing AI-powered, data driven technology products to manage all aspects of the supply chain risk.

Lt. Col. Wiley introduced the U.S. Ambassador-at-Large Cindy Dyer from the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons Office in the U.S. Department of State. Ambassador Dyer highlighted the key areas of the 2024 Trafficking in Persons Report, and spoke of how the State Department is addressing the reality of forced labor and mitigating human trafficking in supply chains. She stated that the business community has a significant role in detecting and ameliorating supply chain risks.