Working with the Financial Sector to Correct the Market Failure of Modern Slavery

The FAST Secretariat, based at the United Nations University Centre for Policy Research, has recently launched a free online training certificate, based on the Blueprint 7 The course is a collaboration with the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) Under the auspices of the FAST Survivor Inclusion Initiative, 12 banks in four countries, including Bank of America, Barclays, Citi, HSBC and Wells Fargo are working with survivor support organizations to facilitate survivor access to bank accounts, to help prevent revictimization and enable remedy 4 Pritha Mitra et al, ‘Does Child Marriage Matter for Growth?’, IMF Working Paper WP/20/27 (February 2020), https://www imf org/~/media/Files/Publications/WP/2020/English/wpiea2020027-print-pdf ashx (accessed 3 July 2020) 5 European Commission, ‘EU acts on Illegal Fishing: Yellow Card Issued to Thailand While South Korea and Philippines are Cleared’ (21 April 2015), https://ec europa eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_15_4806 (accessed 3 July 2020);U S Customs and Border Protection, ‘CBP Issues Detention Orders against Companies Suspected of Using Forced Labor’ (1 October 2019), https://www cbp gov/newsroom/national-media-release/cbp-issues-detention-orders-against-companies-suspected-using-forced (accessed 3 July 2020);U S Customs and Border Protection, ‘CBP Issues Withhold Release Order on Tobacco from Malawi’ (1 November 2019), https://www cbp gov/newsroom/national-media-release/cbp-issues-withhold-release-order-tobacco-malawi (accessed 3 July 2020)