Nearly 30 million people around the world are living as slaves, according to a new index ranking 162 countries.
The index was compiled by Australian-based rights organisation Walk Free Foundation using a definition of modern slavery that includes debt bondage, forced marriage and human trafficking.
The world has not changed, the ruthless just got smarter.
Thirty million people are slaves, half in India – survey
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Lets not forget slaves in S.Arabia, Dubai, Abdudabi, Kuweit and other UK/US-affiliated countries that officially (officially, not unofficially) practice slavery and foremost the slavery of children.
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