How AI Helps Expose Forced Labor in Your Supply Chain

Human trafficking and forced labour are not problems that exist somewhere outside the global economy. They can be hidden deep inside the supply chains of ordinary businesses. In this new episode of the Podržimo održivo podcast, host Nikola Noršić speaks with LtCol James D. Wiley, USMC Ret., Chief Operating Officer of Counter Forced Labor Technologies, about human trafficking, forced labour, supply chain transparency and the role of technology in uncovering risks that companies cannot see on the surface.

How do trafficking networks actually operate, and what would surprise business leaders about them? What can companies realistically know about the people and conditions behind their suppliers? And how does CFLT combine artificial intelligence with human intelligence to identify risks that traditional compliance processes might miss?

We also discuss the limits of technology, the rapidly changing regulatory landscape in the EU and US, and the challenge of building compliance tools that remain useful as governments change their approach to forced labour. Finally, James shares his perspective on what real progress against forced labour could look like five years from now.