Slavery in the 21st Century

People in forced labour jobs turn up in the most surprising places - a lap-dancer in London, a fairground worker in Germany, a farm-worker in Ghana or a child in a textile factory in India - all could have been forced in some way to do the job they do. According to ILO, there are 12.3m victims of forced labour worldwide and 31.6bn annual profits generated by them. About one in six of the total number categorised as victims of forced labour, or 2.4m people, are victims of the people traffickers.

In June this year, BBC provided an indepth coverage into the issue and form of modern day slavery. The write-ups raises some startling and thought provoking questions - Why does forced labour still exist? How can the problem be tackled? [BBC indepth look into slavery]