Recruitment Supply Chain Risk Intelligence
Explore global forced labour data, corridor-specific recruitment risk, and compliance benchmarks. Then assess your own supply chain in under 3 minutes.
Get your personalised Risk Index
Answer 8 questions about your recruitment corridors and operational practices. Receive a dashboard scored across 6 categories, calibrated against published benchmark data.
Step 1: Answer 8 questions
Corridors, intermediaries, fees, documentation, attrition, process consistency.
Step 2: Receive your Risk Index
6 categories, radar chart, cost exposure, corridor-aware benchmarks.
Step 3: Review findings
Prioritised insights, recommended actions, and FairLink capability mapping.
62
High Risk
~$3,200
cost/worker
Fee Risk
71
4/6
High+
169M
Migrant workers globally
ILO, 2024
$236B
Annual forced labour profits
ILO, 2024
27.6M
People in forced labour
ILO / Walk Free, 2022
48%
Ethical audit failure rate
QIMA, 2024
11+
Months earnings in fees (avg.)
ILO / Bangladesh corridor, 2024
33%
First-year workforce attrition
Work Institute, 2024
Global Risk Landscape
Cross-border recruitment risk is concentrated in specific corridors and regions. The data below is drawn from published sources used to calibrate the FairLink Risk Index.
Key Recruitment Corridors
Modern Slavery Prevalence — Key Corridor Countries
| Country | Type | Prevalence /1k | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | destination | 21.3 | 18th |
| UAE | destination | 13.4 | 38th |
| Kuwait | destination | 13 | 40th |
| India | source | 8 | 59th |
| Philippines | source | 7.8 | 36th |
| Oman | destination | 7.5 | 61st |
| Bangladesh | source | 7.1 | 63rd |
| Bahrain | destination | 7.1 | 64th |
| Qatar | destination | 6.8 | 66th |
| Kenya | source | 5 | 70th |
| Uganda | source | 4.2 | 73rd |
| Nepal | source | 3.3 | 76th |
| UK | destination | 1.8 | 162nd |
Source: Walk Free Global Slavery Index 2023
Forced Labour Prevalence by Region
Source: ILO / Walk Free Global Estimates of Modern Slavery, 2022
Recruitment Fee Burden by Corridor
Sources: ILO, KNOMAD, ITUC corridor monitoring data
Source Datasets
The FairLink Risk Index is grounded in published, authoritative datasets. Explore the sources below.
Core Benchmark Datasets
Enforcement & Risk Reference
Assessment Coverage
Fee exposure
Hidden recruitment fees across your intermediary chain.
Supply chain visibility
Oversight and control over agents and sub-agents.
Compliance readiness
Audit preparedness and documentation verification.
Documentation risk
Reliability of worker document verification.
Workforce stability
Attrition patterns and replacement costs.
Deployment readiness
Process consistency and operational preparedness.
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