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This year a record 113,000 votes were cast for the award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe team\u2019s efforts have made an impact on thousands of vulnerable workers and demonstrated the nation\u2019s leadership in championing human rights,\u201d said Brenda Smith, CBP\u2019s former executive assistant commissioner for trade, in a Partnership for Public Service profile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis division has placed a national spotlight on the issue of forced labor and the need for industry and consumer due diligence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Customs and Border Protection team, led by Trade Remedy Law Enforcement Directorate Executive Director Ana Hinojosa and Deputy Executive Director Eric Choy, issued the first major fine for forced labor imports in 25 years, after Congress expanded the agency\u2019s authorities under the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015. The stevia importer, Pure Circle U.S.A., refuted the finding after the investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn the early days [of the trade act], I think there was some interpretation by people in the trade community that this was a political issue and that it would only be something of interest to the administration in place at the time,\u201d said Hinojosa said in an Aug. 11 Partnership for Public Service interview about the win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEach president has come out very strongly for human rights, very strongly against forced labor, and that has been very important.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The International Labor Organization estimates that 25 million people around the world are subject to involuntary labor, generating around $150 billion a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Choy, the team\u2019s success came about from frequent coordination with other agencies, civil society and investigative media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTo be working together and being a part of that solution, while the problem is huge, really is what public service means,\u201d said Choy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA good part of the work we\u2019re doing is also to protect the American economy,\u201d said Hinojosa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI actually started my career with Customs as a student in a university. 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