Northern Ireland Justice Minister Naomi Long on Wednesday launched two consultation documents on measures to eradicate modern slavery from the supply chains of public- and commercial-sector organizations. The proposed legislative changes would require covered businesses to publish a modern slavery statement and set out the steps they have taken to ensure slavery and human trafficking is not taking place in any part of their business or supply chain.

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