The trendy items in these videos were not made by slaves. But chances are that some of the products you own actually are.Slavery is a hugely profitable criminal business, one estimated to be worth $150 billion a year. That’s three times the earnings of Apple, the world’s most profitable company. 

To put this in perspective: if slavery were a country it would have the population of Algeria, the GDP of Bulgaria, and would be the world’s largest emitter of Co2 after China and the USA. The Thomson Reuters Foundation plays a key role in the fight against slavery. We raise awareness of this scourge through our news, we train journalists around the world to cover the issue, we provide free legal assistance and powerful legal research to anti-slavery organisations on the frontlines, and we bring together all the key players in the global fight against modern slavery at our annual Trust Conference.

 Help us step up the fight against slavery and trafficking. If every viewer of Jacques’ video donates just $1*, this is what your money could go towards: 

-Conduct one groundbreaking media investigation on slavery.  

-Train and mentor 100 journalists in countries with a high prevalence of slavery.·

-Bring 100 frontline activists to the Trust Conference and provide them with key skills to make their organisations more effective and sustainable.   

*Estimates are based on a fundraising target of $1 million. If the target is not fully achieved, funding from the Unboxing the Truth campaign will be spent on a pro-rata basis on the same programmatic work.