Report: 30 Million People Enslaved Worldwide -- Voice of America
JOHANNESBURG — The Australian-based Walk Free Foundation has released its first-ever Global Slavery Index - a ranking of 162 countries by their prevalence of modern slavery. The Index found that tens of millions of people worldwide are living in slave-like conditions, most of them in Asia.
Slavery is often thought of as a relic of past centuries, and is banned internationally. But it is a shocking reality - today - for nearly 30 million people.
Speaking to VOA from London, Index researcher Kevin Bales said Walk Free Foundation wants to raise awareness of the plight of modern slaves. He painted a chilling picture of the life of a slave in 2013.
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