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The index, released on Monday by advocacy group Fashion Revolution, coincided with the fifth anniversary of the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh, where 1, garment workers were killed and more than 2, were injured. While many brands indicated a greater willingness to be transparent about their supply chains, the report said more was needed. None of the retailers scored higher than 60 out of , the index said, which assessed factors like company policies, supply chain transparency, and their commitment to improve conditions for factory workers. Spanish brand Desigual, which also scored zero points, said all of its suppliers must comply with its code of conduct, which will be published online in the coming weeks. In the wake of the Rana Plaza disaster, nearly clothing brands and retailers from over 20 countries became signatories to the legally-binding Bangladesh Accord. Accord inspectors have carried out inspections of more than 1, factories, identifying over , fire, electrical and structural hazards, unions said.

Mon 25 Feb But more people are enslaved today than at any other time in history. Experts have calculated that roughly 13 million people were captured and sold as slaves between the 15th and 19th centuries ; today, an estimated Globally, more than half of the An additional Of the

The figure was reported in the Global Slavery Index and while Ireland remains one of the countries with the lowest prevalence of modern slavery, in just two years the number of people affected has risen from Source: Statista. Click here for a larger version. The largest proportion of trafficking victims were female and Romanian nationals accounted for the most trafficked victims.

LIN Local Interconnect Network is a serial network protocol used for communication between components in vehicles. The need for a cheap serial network arose as the technologies and the facilities implemented in the car grew, while the CAN bus was too expensive to implement for every component in the car. European car manufacturers started using different serial communication technologies, which led to compatibility problems.