Next week, the US publishes its influential Trafficking in Persons (TiP) report that ranks countries according to their efforts to tackle global slavery. Countries such as Thailand, in the spotlight following the Guardian's revelations that farmed shrimp from the country sold in US, UK and European supermarkets are fed on feed supplied by slave labour, will be anxiously awaiting the findings. But why is the TIP report important and what will it mean for those countries receiving the lowest rankings? Annie Kelly explains
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