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Watchdog calls for US import ban as forced labor persists in Dominican sugarcane fields

ABC News Money · August 18, 2026 at 3:39 PM

Watchdog calls for US import ban as forced labor persists in Dominican sugarcane fields

A human rights group says that forced labor persists on massive sugarcane plantations across the Dominican Republic

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Watchdog calls for US import ban as forced labor persists in Dominican sugarcane fields

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