30 million people still live in slavery, human rights group says: Almost 30 million people across the globe are living in modern-day slavery, according to a report published Thursday. The inaugural Global Slavery Index, published by the Australia-based Walk Free Foundation, said the African nation of Mauritania, Haiti, Pakistan, and India have the highest number of slaves in proportion to population. But taken in absolute terms, global powers such as China and Russia were near the top of the list of countries with the largest total of people living in slavery.
Posted on: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 16:10:50 +0000
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