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July 24, 2025

Forced Labour and Money Laundering

Essential Modern Slavery Risk Management for Today's Business Environment

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Course Overview

Created in collaboration with Jonathan Chibafa, Founder & Chief Legal Officer of Forge ESG

Jonathan is a leading barrister and compliance expert specialising in financial crime and ESG compliance. With two decades of experience advising global businesses and holding senior roles at GlaxoSmithKline and Tesco, he brings practical, technology-driven solutions to complex compliance challenges.

Modern slavery affects 27.6 million people globally, with forced labour generating $150 billion in criminal profits annually. Understanding and preventing these practices is both a moral imperative and critical business risk management, especially given recent legal developments that have fundamentally changed how companies face potential money laundering liability.

Who Should Take This Course

Compliance lawyers and Legal teams

AML and Financial Crime specialists

Supply Chain and Procurement professionals

Risk Management specialists

HR and Operations managers

Senior leadership and Board members

Anyone responsible for supplier relationships

What you'll learn

Course content

Why This Training is Critical Now

For every 1,000 people globally, 3.5 are working in forced labour conditions. Your organisation could be exposed through direct employment, suppliers, or extended supply chains. The landmark 2024 World Uyghur Congress v National Crime Agency Court of Appeal ruling has revolutionised this landscape, establishing that companies cannot rely on paying fair market value to avoid money laundering liability when dealing with goods suspected of being produced through forced labour.

This case fundamentally changed the interpretation of the "adequate consideration" exemption under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA), meaning goods produced through forced labour can remain "criminal property" throughout the supply chain, exposing businesses to serious financial crime risks.

What You'll Master

Core Understanding:

  • Definitions of forced labour, human trafficking, and modern slavery
  • International standards and UK legal frameworks (Modern Slavery Act 2015, Uyghur Forced Labour Prevention Act)
  • Global prevalence across industries and high-risk jurisdictions

Critical Legal Developments:

  • World Uyghur Congress case implications and the new money laundering risk landscape
  • How forced labour connects directly to POCA money laundering offences
  • Understanding when the "adequate consideration" exemption applies (and when it doesn't)
  • Enhanced exposure to financial crime liability for companies with UK operations

Risk Recognition:

  • Identifying red flags in recruitment, working conditions, and worker treatment
  • High-risk sectors: construction, mining, agriculture, hospitality, manufacturing
  • Supply chain vulnerability assessment and mapping
  • AML risk indicators linked to forced labour practices

Prevention Strategies:

  • Implementing robust due diligence and supplier screening with enhanced AML considerations
  • Effective workforce training and awareness programmes
  • Creating safe reporting mechanisms and response protocols
  • Building comprehensive risk assessment frameworks that address both modern slavery and financial crime risks

Response and Compliance:

  • Proper escalation procedures when red flags are identified
  • Legal obligations under modern slavery legislation
  • Enhanced financial crime risk management and POCA compliance requirements
  • Transparency     reporting and regulatory obligations

Real-World Application

Through detailed case studies from fashion, manufacturing, and agriculture sectors, you'll see how forced labour risks manifest in practice and understand the new money laundering implications for businesses. Learn from both successful prevention strategies and recent regulatory enforcement actions that demonstrate the expanded scope of liability.

Protect and Comply in the New Legal Landscape

This training provides practical tools to identify, prevent, and respond to forced labour risks while ensuring full compliance with evolving legal requirements. Understand your new money laundering exposure and protect your organisation from both regulatory sanctions and reputational damage in this transformed compliance environment.

Safeguard vulnerable workers. Protect your business. Navigate new financial crime risks.

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