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ligating the recruit to pay the recruiter approximately
80% of their ongoing salary. As FSI co-founder Nick
Forster explained, “That’s not an exception to the rule
– that’s the model… whether its naiveté or laziness or
a complete lack of knowledge, people accept that everything is above board when more often than not, it
is not.” 26
Human trafficking and forced labor is the largest illicit activity worldwide after drug trafficking, with an
estimated 25 million people forced into labor worldwide. As Nick Forster remarked at a panel on corporate social responsibility in complex environments,
“You would consider human trafficking and forced
labor a pandemic in most other circumstances.”27 Previous enforcement efforts focused on sex trafficking.
In recent years, there has been a pronounced shift towards labor trafficking. Legal guest workers are at risk
of being exploited just as much as illegal immigrants
and undocumented workers. While it is challenging
for companies to mo