The North Korean government is alleged to have dispatched more than 100,000 workers to approximately 40 countries, subjecting them to conditions amounting to forced labour. Workers reported having their passports confiscated on arrival, working between 12 and 16 hours a day for up to 364 days a year, and receiving as little as 10 US dollars per month in actual take-home pay after North Korean authorities deducted mandatory levies and other charges from wages of approximately 800 dollars. Workers are reportedly subject to constant surveillance through informants embedded by the North Korean authorities, with retaliation — including torture, forcible displacement, and enforced disappearance — against workers and their families in North Korea for any attempt to leave or express dissatisfaction.