Modern Day Slavery
The Crime We Thought Was Abolished
A common misconception present in most first world countries is that the criminal act of slavery has been abolished in 1865. Although slavery has been legally criminalized it never stopped happening and has evolved to a new modern name known as human trafficking. Human trafficking is the act of exploitation of another human being through coercion of forced labour, sexual acts, involuntary domestic service and child soldiers. Currently in 2015, there are approximately 21-36 million enslaved men, women and children worldwide living in the shadows as someone else’s property, most of which can be found in terrible living conditions such as brothels, factories and quarries. (1) Human trafficking
The Crime We Thought Was Abolished
A common misconception present in most first world countries is that the criminal act of slavery has been abolished in 1865. Although slavery has been legally criminalized it never stopped happening and has evolved to a new modern name known as human trafficking. Human trafficking is the act of exploitation of another human being through coercion of forced labour, sexual acts, involuntary domestic service and child soldiers. Currently in 2015, there are approximately 21-36 million enslaved men, women and children worldwide living in the shadows as someone else’s property, most of which can be found in terrible living conditions such as brothels, factories and quarries. (1) Human trafficking