Illicit Economy

How many people are enslaved in the world today?

Definitions of modern slavery have shifted over time. Image: REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

Monti Datta
Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Richmond
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Demonstrators protest against slavery outside the Libyan embassy in London, December 2017.
Image: REUTERS/Peter Nicholls
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