Contemporary slavery

Contemporary slavery

The number of slaves today remains as high as 12 million[1] to 27 million,[2][3][4] though this is probably the smallest proportion of the world's population in the history of civilization, as slavery was unknown prior in paleolithic times.[5] Most are debt slaves, largely in South Asia, who are under debt bondage incurred by lenders, sometimes even for generations.[6] Human trafficking is primarily for prostituting women and children into sex industries.[7] It is the fastest growing criminal industry and is predicted to eventually outgrow drug trafficking.[7][8]

Total annual revenues of traffickers were estimated in 2004 to range from US $5 billion to US $9 billion.[9] Due to the illegal nature of trafficking and differences in methodology, the exact extent and growth of the industry is unknown. According to United States Department of State data, an "estimated 600,000 to 820,000 men, women, and children [are] trafficked across international borders each year, approximately 70 percent are women and girls and up to 50 percent are minors. The data also illustrates that the majority of transnational victims are trafficked into commercial sexual exploitation."[10] However, they go on to say that "the alarming enslavement of people for purposes of labor exploitation, often in their own countries, is a form of human trafficking that can be hard to track from afar."

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United Kingdom

Four women, who arrived in London from Nigeria as children, later reported conditions of enslavement to the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) as adults. In 2010, the MPS was ordered to pay damages to each of the women for failing to undertake an effective investigation.[11] The MPS said in a statement that the way in which such crimes are investigated had changed significantly since the introduction of a unit dedicated to human trafficking and immigration offences.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Forced labour – Themes". Ilo.org. http://www.ilo.org/global/Themes/Forced_Labour/lang--en/index.htm. Retrieved 2010-03-14. 
  2. ^ Bales, Kevin (1999). "1". Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy. University of California Press. p. 9. ISBN 0-520-21797-7. 
  3. ^ By E. Benjamin Skinner Monday, Jan. 18, 2010 (2010-01-18). "sex trafficking in South Africa: World Cup slavery fear". Time.com. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1952335,00.html. Retrieved 2010-08-29. 
  4. ^ "UN Chronicle | Slavery in the Twenty-First Century". Un.org. http://www.smfcdn.com/assets/pubs/un_chronicle.pdf. Retrieved 2010-08-29. 
  5. ^ Slavery is not dead, just less recognizable.
  6. ^ UK. "Slavery in the 21st century". Newint.org. http://www.newint.org/issue337/facts.htm. Retrieved 2010-08-29. 
  7. ^ a b "Experts encourage action against sex trafficking". .voanews.com. 2009-05-15. http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/a-13-2009-05-15-voa30-68815957.html?rss=human+rights+and+law. Retrieved 2010-08-29. 
  8. ^ "Asia's sex trade is 'slavery'". BBC News. 2003-02-20. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2783655.stm. Retrieved 2010-08-29. 
  9. ^ http://www.unece.org/press/pr2004/04gen_n03e.htm
  10. ^ I. Introduction
  11. ^ a b "Metropolitan Police pays damages over slave case women". BBC News (London). 2011-05-20. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-13470956. Retrieved September 21, 2011. "The women, who had arrived in London from Nigeria as children, [...] said they were made to work for no pay in households in nd around London between 1997 and 2006. [...] They complained that the police had infringed their rights under the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms by failing to investigate over a "significant" period of time." 

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