Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea
Rimbunan Hijau, a logging company, was accused on paying its workers "slavery rates" because they the company was paying less than it cost for workers to eat at the canteen run by the company, which was the only way of getting meals.
Location
Papua New Guinea · Manus Island, Papua New Guinea · 2008 (location generalized to protect survivors)
Response & intervention
Conservationists in the region saw the conditions and publicized the situation.
Documented on the original SlaveryMap (2008–2016). We don't have a verifiable source on file yet — use “Report a problem” below to add one.