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As the article says, "we think of slavery as a practice of the past" but with a current slave count of over 30 million slaves, it is most definitely not a thing of the past, but rather a very real, current problem.

Millions of children in India work as slaves. Some children are sold into slavery while others are runaways picked up by traffickers. The traffickers wait for runaways at train stations and see themselves as providing a placement service.

A follow up on the findings of The Fair Labor Association in regards to Nestle chocolate farms and child slave labor. The group has found that there is still a large child slave labor issue and the chocolate industry can not be counted on to fix it.

This article talks about the escalating number of child sex slaves in America, It tells some young girls story of their experiences.

Universally, there are about 168 million children who are working in labour. They make not even close to a dollar an hour and they don't even have time to attend school and to work on their futures. Terre des Hommes is dedicated to millions of these kids who have to take on the most dreadful kinds of child labour. For example, they are forced into prostitution and to be household slaves. They are also obligated to work in factories, mines and, plantations.

the aricle mainting how slavery starts during 1619 and how the civil rights movement that emerged in the 1960s.

The article talks about how people immigrated to America for a better life but instead Americans take advantage of them because of the legal status. They treatthem like slaves, they make them work hard and long hours for a low wages. So, slavery still exist in America.

Is sex-trafficking and prostitution different or the same? This article states similar facts on sex-trafficking as well as prostitution. Including quotes from the men, women, and children who were victims of both. Some say they lived two different lives, one who was the slaved, abused, and used; while the other got to live lavishly in the expensive clothes and driving nice cars. This article also has statements from how the men who were buying sex felt about their victims.

The systematic oppression of black Americans is deeply embedded in the fabric of US society.

Côte d'Ivoire is considered the worst place in the world for child labor issues. The article is full of statistics as well as reasons behind issues. There are many credible resources for information at the bottom of article.

The pros and cons of a potential ban on West African chocolate are discussed in this article. Suggestions are made to companies like Hershey and Nestle to create better work environments for laborers. Responses from the big companies are included as well.

This article talks about what the definition of human trafficking is.This also talks about the global efforts that people are taking.

Human trafficking is a huge issue in Phoenix! We are the number one city in the United States for human trafficking. At one point in my life I worked at a strip club and I could tell that some of the girls there were being trafficked. It is extremely sad.

This artical explains how child trafficking is today's slavery. There are stories on different kids and what happened to them. It states that in a 3 day period over 400 traffickers were arrested.

I think that it is interesting that slavery still exists. This article explains that people do not acknowledge it. It makes me sad that 12 year olds are being trafficked.