Slavery in the 21st Century

[Annie]

A major problem, which draws little attention, probably because it's mostly women and children.

http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2005/issue3/0305p28.html

Interesting that today it's address on Yahoo! in Brazil. Hint it looks like they are going backwards:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20070216/wl_csm/oslaves

 

[Little-Acorn]

The slave trade is back in full force. This modern slave trade, however, is not limited to just young Africans; women and children are also being enslaved in almost every continent. It is estimated that there are over 27 million enslaved persons worldwide, more than double the number of those who were deported in the 400-year history of the transatlantic slave trade to the Americas.

The U.N. feels it's more important to concentrate on getting the United States to close the Abu Ghraib prison, and scolding us for bombing terrorists. Good to know they've got their priorities straight.