- Thursday, April 25, 2024
By: Eastern Eye Staff
india still tops global index with 18 million, but government is making changes INDIA has the most slaves in the world with over 18 mil- lion people trapped in debt bondage, forced into mar- riage, sold to brothels or born into servitude, according to a global slavery index, which noted an improved govern- ment response to the issue. Forty per cent of the world’s estimated 45.8 million slaves are in India, although the scourge exists in all 167 na- tions which were surveyed by the Australian-based group Walk Free Foundation. Fiona David, head of global research at Walk Free, said…
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