'Modern Slavery' Is A Global Crisis

27 Million People Said to Live in ‘Modern Slavery’ -- New York Times

BEIJING — 7:37 p.m. (Updated) On Monday, we wrote about human trafficking and forced labor — or modern slavery, as it’s often called — and said the United Nations defines it as a fast-growing problem.

Two days later, on Wednesday in the United States, the State Department released a report that gives another, higher figure for how many people are working in slavery in our world today – as many as 27 million (as opposed to the International Labor Organization’s 21 million), and it placed three more countries in the worst offenders category, bringing the total to 21: Russia, China and Uzbekistan. Already in the category: Algeria, Libya, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, among others.

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More News On "Modern Slavery"

'Modern-day slavery': State Dept. says millions of human trafficking victims go unidentified -- NBC
U.S. downgrades Russia, China for lack of anti-trafficking efforts -- CNN
Russia, China Downgraded in US Trafficking Report -- Voice of America
U.S. cites Russia, China among worst in human trafficking: report -- Reuters
State Dept. downgrades Russia, China on trafficking -- Washington Post
U.S. Accuses 3 Countries of Abetting Human Trafficking -- New York Times
Slavery: US gives bad marks to China and Russia in its annual report -- Christian Science Monitor
Washington Slams Uzbekistan over Human Trafficking -- Eurasianet.org

China, Russia Slam US Report on Human Trafficking -- Voice of America
China, Russia angry over US human trafficking criticism -- Global Post/AFP
US human trafficking report: Russia and China angered -- BBC
Russia, China Reject U.S. Criticism Over Human Trafficking -- Radio Free Europe
Moscow attacks US human trafficking report as politicized and arrogant -- RT
China rejects US human trafficking criticism -- Al Jazeera

WNU Editor: The US Department of State's "Trafficking in Persons" full report is here.