When we think of slavery, many of us think of historical or so-called "traditional forms" of slavery – and of the 12m people ripped from their West African homes and shipped across the Atlantic for a lifetime in the plantations of the Americas.
But slavery is not just something that happened in the past –- the modern day estimate for the number of men, women and children forced into labour worldwide exceeds 40m. Today's global slave trade is so lucrative that it nets traffickers more than US$150 billion each year.
The article asserts that much of today's slavery is being driven by the demand for electronic goods.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 20 2018, @06:03PM
oh fuck you! in this goddamned country the state has no business being involved in "fixing" bad family budgets due to poor life choices. it's all you government "fixes" that caused the black markets and crime to begin with.