Contemporary Slavery [View all]

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Read an article on CNN this morning about ISIS having sex slaves,

http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/21/politics/escaped-yazidi-slave-isis-us-fight/index.html

which led me to do a quick search and stumbled across a Wiki page on Contemporary Slavery which was a surprise and shock.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_slavery

Turns out India still has slavery as do several other countries, the worst being Mauritania in Africa.

As India and likely the others are trading partners with the US, surely we can do something to help.

Here is the intro:

Contemporary slavery, also known as modern slavery, refers to the institutions of slavery that continue to exist in the present day. Estimates of the number of slaves today range from around 21 million[1]-29 million[2][3][4][5] to 46 million.[6][7]

Modern slavery is a multibillion-dollar industry with estimates of up to $35 billion generated annually.[needs update] The United Nations estimates that roughly 27 to 30 million individuals are currently caught in the slave trade industry.[needs update][8] India has the most slaves of any country, at roughly 18.4 million.[9] China is second with 3.4 million slaves, followed by Pakistan (2.1 million), Bangladesh (1.5 million), and Uzbekistan (1.2 million). By percentages of the population living in slavery, North Korea tops with 4.4% (about 1.1 million people out of 25 million), followed by Uzbekistan (4% of its population), Cambodia (1.6%), India, (1.4%) and Qatar (1.4%).[7]

Mauritania was the last nation to officially abolish slavery, doing so in 2007; yet 4.3% of the population still remains enslaved.[needs update][10] Despite being illegal in every nation, slavery is still present in several forms today.

Here is a link to the Wiki map, maybe someone can help make it display.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Modern_incidence_of_slavery.png