Thursday, October 17, 2013

Nigeria included in Top 10 countries with millions of Slaves

There are still over 30 million people living as slaves worldwide. According to figures from the Walk Free Foundation, an organization against slavery released early Thursday, Nigeria has been included in the top 10 countries with millions of people in slavery.
Top 10 countries with millions of people in slavery

Modern slavery was defined as human trafficking, forced labor, and practices such as debt bondage, forced marriage, and the sale or exploitation of childrenThere are 162 countries ranked in the index of slavery Walk Free Foundation. This shows that as many as 76 percent of the 29.8 million slaves living in 10 countries. India has 13.9 million forced workers most slaves. The other countries in the top 10 are China, Pakistan, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Russia, Thailand, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Myanmar and Bangladesh.

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