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Global Slavery Index 2018
July 23 , 2018
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- According to report of Walk Free Foundation, the Global Slavery Index estimates that 40.3 million people worldwide were subjected to modern slavery in 2016.
- It has been published by the International Labour Organization and The Walk Free Foundation, in partnership with the International Organization for Migration.
- Modern slavery - involving the use of violence, deception and threats to trap people in forced labour, sexual exploitation and domestic servitude.
- India was home to the largest total number with an estimated 8 million slaves among its 1.3 billion population.
- North Koreahas the highest concentration of modern slavery where one in 10 people are in this condition.
- The index lists Eritrea, Burundi, the Central African Republic, Afghanistan, Mauritania, South Sudan, Pakistan, Cambodia and Iran as the worst offenders after North Korea.
- The reason for such slavery is import of USD 354 billion worth of goods by G20 countries.
- The report cites coal, cocoa, cotton, timber and fish as among the products.
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