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October 18, 2013

Report: Nearly 30 Million People Enslaved Worldwide; 60,000 in U.S. 
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A new report by the Walk Free Foundation has found there are nearly 30
million people living in slavery around the world. Today people are
enslaved as forced laborers and sex workers, as child soldiers and child
brides in forced marriages. Mauritania and Haiti have the highest
proportion of slaves compared to population size, while India and China
have the highest overall numbers. Ten countries in Asia and Africa
account for 76 percent of the enslaved population, but there were
enslaved people found in every single one of the 162 countries
investigated. An estimated 60,000 enslaved people are living in the
United States today.

 

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