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Highest number of modern slaves found in India: Report

Forced to pick cotton, grow cannabis, prostitute themselves, fight wars or clean up after the wealthy — some 35.8 million people are currently trapped in modern-day slavery, a new report said Monday. The 2014 Global Slavery Index (GSI), in its second annual report, said new methods showed some 20 percent more people were enslaved across the world than originally thought. “There is an assumption that slavery is an issue from […]