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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 20 2018, @08:18PM
"No way, people moving from place to place of their own will is exactly the same as slavery."
By that definition just about every American is descended from slaves. I doubt my German immigrant grandparents would have bought into that proposition.
"But I can't help but think that maybe this user wants a little more of that."
And I can'tell help but think you are a shrill asswipe.