Events
Report Launch at Davos
In January 2026, to celebrate the launch of our report Fake Fashion: A Human Rights Scandal, we brought together leaders from civil society, business and government for a high-level roundtable discussion. Special remarks were made by Baroness Theresa May, Chair and Founder of the Global Commission on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking and Princess Beatrice, Special Advisor to The Anti-Slavery Collective.
Gary Haugen, CEO of IJM, spoke about the importance of being as committed as the criminals who systematically exploit human beings, and Kit Conklin, SVP at Exiger spoke about forced labour in state-sponsored contexts and how legislation could be better leveraged to tackled the increasingly creative ways criminal groups exploit labour.
UK Legislation Roundtable
In January 2026, The Anti-Slavery Collective, in partnership with The Anti-Counterfeiting Group, hosted a roundtable bringing together experts from leading law enforcement agencies, government bodies and local authority departments to discuss UK legislation and enforcement strategies on Intellectual Property crime.
INTERPOL IP Crime Conference
In October 2025, our CEO Sarah Woodcock spoke on a panel alongside IP and anti-counterfeiting experts at the INTERPOL International Law Enforcement & IP Crime Conference in Lyon. Sarah shared insights from our work, highlighting that the real price of fake fashion is paid by those forced to stitch and sell fake garments.
UNGA Hidden Threads Event
In September 2025, to align with the 80th UN General Assembly and New York Climate Week we brought together a diverse group of 34 industry leaders across fashion, behavioural science, illicit trade and anti-trafficking. We heard from key speakers including our CEO Sarah Woodcock, Ashley Dahl the Director of External Relations at TRACIT, CEO of Entrupy, Vidyuth Srinivasan, and behavioural scientist Dr Sheena Mipuri from the Behavioural Insights Team.
OECD Forum
In March 2025, The Anti-Slavery Collective was invited by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to speak at their inaugural Forum on Countering Illicit Trade in Paris. Our CEO, Sarah Woodcock, spoke on a panel highlighting the human cost of illicit trade, particularly in counterfeit fashion
