Slave State
“There isn’t an official legal definition of modern slavery, but the UN describes it as the condition of people whose work ‘is performed involuntarily and under the menace of any penalty.’ Modern slaves can be coerced to work through explicit measures like violence, but also through subtler means like financial pressure, or by limiting someone’s movement by retaining their identification.” Quartz: There are 16 million slaves around the world making our stuff.