https://www.scmp.com/rss/321509/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com More people are being enslaved today that at any given time in history. All the specialists agree on this, although it is impossible to know the exact number of victims of this horrendous crime. The Walk Free Foundation estimates there are nearly 36 million men, women and children held in modern-day slavery. The International Labour Organisation believes there are about 21 million people in forced labour – a number echoed by the US Department of State. But one of these figures is nearly half the... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1877794/defeat-human-trafficking-we-must-first-know-its-scale?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1877794/defeat-human-trafficking-we-must-first-know-its-scale?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Nov 2015 08:30:30 +0000