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<p>[QUOTE="H8_modern, post: 2555256, member: 28531"]Yeah, only Americans are/were the problem. From Wikipedia:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Contemporary slavery</b>, also known as <b>modern slavery</b>, refers to the institutions of <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery" rel="nofollow">slavery</a> that continue to exist in the present day. Estimates of the number of slaves today range from around 21 million<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_slavery#cite_note-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_slavery#cite_note-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a>-29 million<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_slavery#cite_note-Milman-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_slavery#cite_note-Milman-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_slavery#cite_note-disposable-bales-3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_slavery#cite_note-disposable-bales-3" rel="nofollow">[3]</a><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_slavery#cite_note-time-4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_slavery#cite_note-time-4" rel="nofollow">[4]</a><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_slavery#cite_note-un.org-5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_slavery#cite_note-un.org-5" rel="nofollow">[5]</a> to 46 million.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_slavery#cite_note-6" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_slavery#cite_note-6" rel="nofollow">[6]</a><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_slavery#cite_note-where-7" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_slavery#cite_note-where-7" rel="nofollow">[7]</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Modern slavery is a multibillion-dollar industry with estimates of up to $35 billion generated annually.[<i><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" rel="nofollow">needs update</a></i>] The <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations" rel="nofollow">United Nations</a>estimates that roughly 27 to 30 million individuals are currently caught in the slave trade industry.[<i><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" rel="nofollow">needs update</a></i>]<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_slavery#cite_note-investvine-8" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_slavery#cite_note-investvine-8" rel="nofollow">[8]</a> India has the most slaves of any country, at roughly 18.4 million.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_slavery#cite_note-post.in-9" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_slavery#cite_note-post.in-9" rel="nofollow">[9]</a><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" rel="nofollow">China</a> is second with 3.4 million slaves, followed by <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" rel="nofollow">Pakistan</a> (2.1 million), <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh" rel="nofollow">Bangladesh</a>(1.5 million), and <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzbekistan" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzbekistan" rel="nofollow">Uzbekistan</a> (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), <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodia" rel="nofollow">Cambodia</a>(1.6%), India, (1.4%) and <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar" rel="nofollow">Qatar</a> (1.4%).<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_slavery#cite_note-where-7" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_slavery#cite_note-where-7" rel="nofollow">[7]</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritania" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritania" rel="nofollow">Mauritania</a> was the last nation to officially abolish slavery, doing so in 2007; yet 4.3% of the population still remains enslaved.[<i><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" rel="nofollow">needs update</a></i>]<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_slavery#cite_note-10" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_slavery#cite_note-10" rel="nofollow">[10]</a> Despite being illegal in every nation, slavery is still present in several forms today.</p><p><br /></p><p>Slavery also exists in advanced democratic nations, for example the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" rel="nofollow">UK</a> where <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Office" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Office" rel="nofollow">Home Office</a>estimates suggest 10,000 to 13,000 victims.[<i><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" rel="nofollow">needs update</a></i>] This includes, <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unfree_labour" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unfree_labour" rel="nofollow">forced work</a>of various kinds, such as <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forced_prostitution" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forced_prostitution" rel="nofollow">forced prostitution</a>.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_slavery#cite_note-11" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_slavery#cite_note-11" rel="nofollow">[11]</a>The UK has recently made an attempt to combat modern slavery via the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Slavery_Act_2015" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Slavery_Act_2015" rel="nofollow">Modern Slavery Act 2015</a>. Large commercial organisations are now required to publish a slavery and human trafficking statement in regard to their supply chains for each financial year.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="H8_modern, post: 2555256, member: 28531"]Yeah, only Americans are/were the problem. From Wikipedia: [B]Contemporary slavery[/B], also known as [B]modern slavery[/B], refers to the institutions of [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery']slavery[/URL] that continue to exist in the present day. Estimates of the number of slaves today range from around 21 million[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_slavery#cite_note-1'][1][/URL]-29 million[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_slavery#cite_note-Milman-2'][2][/URL][URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_slavery#cite_note-disposable-bales-3'][3][/URL][URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_slavery#cite_note-time-4'][4][/URL][URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_slavery#cite_note-un.org-5'][5][/URL] to 46 million.[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_slavery#cite_note-6'][6][/URL][URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_slavery#cite_note-where-7'][7][/URL] Modern slavery is a multibillion-dollar industry with estimates of up to $35 billion generated annually.[[I][URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items']needs update[/URL][/I]] The [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations']United Nations[/URL]estimates that roughly 27 to 30 million individuals are currently caught in the slave trade industry.[[I][URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items']needs update[/URL][/I]][URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_slavery#cite_note-investvine-8'][8][/URL] India has the most slaves of any country, at roughly 18.4 million.[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_slavery#cite_note-post.in-9'][9][/URL][URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/China']China[/URL] is second with 3.4 million slaves, followed by [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan']Pakistan[/URL] (2.1 million), [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh']Bangladesh[/URL](1.5 million), and [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzbekistan']Uzbekistan[/URL] (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), [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodia']Cambodia[/URL](1.6%), India, (1.4%) and [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar']Qatar[/URL] (1.4%).[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_slavery#cite_note-where-7'][7][/URL] [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritania']Mauritania[/URL] was the last nation to officially abolish slavery, doing so in 2007; yet 4.3% of the population still remains enslaved.[[I][URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items']needs update[/URL][/I]][URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_slavery#cite_note-10'][10][/URL] Despite being illegal in every nation, slavery is still present in several forms today. Slavery also exists in advanced democratic nations, for example the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom']UK[/URL] where [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Office']Home Office[/URL]estimates suggest 10,000 to 13,000 victims.[[I][URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items']needs update[/URL][/I]] This includes, [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unfree_labour']forced work[/URL]of various kinds, such as [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forced_prostitution']forced prostitution[/URL].[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_slavery#cite_note-11'][11][/URL]The UK has recently made an attempt to combat modern slavery via the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Slavery_Act_2015']Modern Slavery Act 2015[/URL]. Large commercial organisations are now required to publish a slavery and human trafficking statement in regard to their supply chains for each financial year.[/QUOTE]
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