Top 10 Facts About Modern Slavery

Free the Slaves has an interactive slavery map at www.freetheslaves.net/SlaveryMap

They also list the top 10 facts about modern slavery:

1. Slavery:  forced to work without pay under threat of violence and unable to walk away
2. 27 million slaves in the world today
3. Slavery is not legal anywhere but happens everywhere
4. Each year, thousands of slaves are trafficked into the US
5. The majority of slaves can be found in India and in African countries
6. Slaves work in fields, brothels, homes, mines, restaurants - anywhere slave owners can feed their greed
7. Human trafficking is the modern-day slave trade
8. $90 is the average cost of a human slave around the world
9. Slave holders use many terms to avoid the word slavery:  debt bondage, bonded labor, attached labor, restavec, forced labor, indentured servitude, and human trafficking
10. We can end slavery in our lifetime.  Everyone has a role to play - government, business, international organizations, consumers, YOU