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There are an estimated 40.3 million people in modern slavery around the world, including:

Someone is in slavery if they are…

• Forced to work – through coercion, or mental or physical threat
• Owned or controlled by an ’employer’ – through mental or physical abuse or the threat of abuse
• Dehumanised – treated as a commodity or bought and sold as ‘property’
• Physically constrained or have restrictions placed on their freedom of movement.  

– ANTI-SLAVERY INTERNATIONAL –

Global estimates of modern slavery: Forced labour and forced marriage. International Labour Office (ILO) and Walk Free Foundation, 2017 ➞