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Over 40 million people caught in modern slavery, 152 million in child labour – UN

Sep 20, 2017, at 05:29 am

New York, Sept 19(Just Earth News): More than 40 million people around the world were victims of modern slavery – forced labour and forced marriage – in 2016, a United Nations study has found, revealing the true scale of such practices that disproportionately affect women and girls.