By MeiLin Wan

More than $140 billion worth of goods suspected of being made by forced labor enters the U.S. market each year, according to Human Rights First.

In the cotton industry, this problem has been running rampant for a long time. In Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, two of the largest exporters of cotton, forced labor organized on a mass scale demands engagement by up to one million people—and possibly more during picking seasons.