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11. It gets largely ignored and the more you look into it the more shocking it gets

Top 10 Facts About Modern Slavery

Slavery: forced to work without pay under threat of violence and unable to walk away.

27 million slaves are in the world today.

Slavery is not legal anywhere but happens everywhere.

The majority of slaves can be found in India and in African countries.

Each year, thousands of slaves are trafficked into the U.S.

Slaves work in fields, brothels, homes, mines, restaurants—anywhere slave owners can feed their greed.

Human trafficking is the modern-day slave trade.

$90 is the average cost of a human slave sold around the world.

Slave holders use many terms to avoid the word “slavery”: debt bondage, bonded labor, attached labor,
forced labor, indentured servitude and human trafficking.

We can end slavery in our lifetime. Everyone has a role to play: government, business, international
organizations, consumers, and YOU.

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