Despite being outlawed in almost every nation, slavery remains a business – and the business of slavery is thriving. It is estimated that between 21 million and 46 million people are enslaved around the world. Slaves today are those coerced to work or to sell their bodies or to part with their organs. Under-regulated labour markets, where for example workers cannot form trade unions, help to ensure that “wage slaves” have become embedded in –parts of the global economy. Why, as leading barrister Parosha Chandran argues, can “profits obtained from the slavery and extreme exploitation of workers (abroad) filter home to the UK company, crime-free”?

Source: The Guardian August 07, 2017 18:56 UTC