This week on Marketplace Middle East

CNN: In Focus -- The Darker Side of Labor

Governments in the Middle East are moving with plans to pass legislation and adopt protocols against human trafficking and forced labor, but implementation and enforcement remain challenging.

This week MME explores how domestic workers and laborers struggle to survive, and how governments are trying to force change within their societies.

Facetime -- Roger Plant, International Labour Organisation

Over 12 million people are victims of forced labor and human trafficking, a problem that spans the globe. The Middle East relies heavily on foreign labor, which in some cases can make up 80 percent of the total population.

This week MME talks to Roger Plant from the UN's International Labour Organisation about this week's global report on forced labor and human trafficking -- and what countries can do to attack the $36 billion business of illegally trading workers.