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At Anti-Slavery International, we define modern slavery as when an individual is exploited by others, for personal or commercial gain. Whether tricked, coerced, or forced, they lose their freedom . This includes but is not limited to human trafficking, forced labour and debt bondage.
Modern slavery is a relationship based on exploitation. It is defined by a range of practices that include: trafficking in persons; slavery; servitude; forced marriage; forced labour; forced marriage, debt bondage; deceptive recruiting for labour or services; and the worst forms of child labour and is visible in many global supply chains.
Sep 27, 2022 · The latest Global Estimates of Modern Slavery, published by the International Labour Organization, International Organization for Migration and international human rights group Walk Free,...
Mar 13, 2019 · There are around 40 million people living in modern slavery, according to the Global Slavery Index 2017, although it’s difficult to know for sure, because traffickers want to keep them...
Contemporary slavery, also sometimes known as modern slavery or neo-slavery, refers to institutional slavery that continues to occur in present-day society.
Sep 16, 2022 · Centuries on from the abolition of slavery in major economies worldwide, enforced labour is still a huge problem. A new International Labour Organization (ILO) report shows that 50 million people – that’s 1 in every 150 worldwide– are in situations of slavery globally. More than 3.3 million of these are children.
“Trafficking in persons,” “human trafficking,” and “modern slavery” are used as umbrella terms to refer to both sex trafficking and compelled labor.
