“An estimated 30 million people worldwide are living in modern-day slavery, according to the inaugural Global Slavery Index published on Thursday. The index, compiled by the Walk Free Foundation, said that while India by far had the largest number of enslaved people, the problem was most prevalent in the west African nation of Mauritania, where four per cent of the population was deemed to be held in slavery.”
Source: 30 million people worldwide are living in modern-day slavery | GulfNews.com
