GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. labor agency estimates that some 50 million people worldwide were living in "modern slavery" - either in forced labor or marriage – at the end of last year, marking a 25 ...

Egyptian slavery. The practice of slavery in Egypt was very different from the modern conception of slavery informed by the trans-Atlantic slave trade, Karev said.

A backlog of thousands of modern slavery cases could be "eliminated" within two years, the government has said. Latest figures show more than 23,000 suspected victims, including children, are ...

Modern slavery is less of a priority under Rishi Sunak than it was under previous Tory governments, the anti-slavery commissioner has warned, as she revealed her budget has been cut by over £ ...

Modern slavery has increased 25% worldwide in the last five years, ... Egypt, India, Uganda and Yemen. But the report said wealthier countries were "not immune" to the problem, ...

The report, a global census of modern-day enslavement based on data from 2021, also finds evidence of state-imposed forced labor in Belarus, Brazil, China, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mongolia, Myanmar ...

The number of potential modern slavery victims in Britain rose to a record last year, official statistics showed on Thursday, highlighting a growing crime that experts say requires the government ...

December 2 is observed as International Day for the Abolition of Slavery to eradicate the institution of slavery worldwide. But the figures show an increase in modern slavery.

Modern Pentathlon-Egypt Sees Future Boost in Replacing Horses With Courses By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Charlie, the only horse owned by the Egyptian modern pentathlon federation for ...

Slavery had a long history in the ancient world and was practiced in Ancient Egypt and Greece, as well as Rome. Most slaves during the Roman Empire were foreigners and, unlike in modern times ...

Because these kinds of slavery took place so long ago and weren’t based on modern racism, some people have the impression that they weren’t as harsh or violent.

Since the last report in 2018, four more countries – Australia, France, Germany, and Norway – introduced modern slavery laws that force larger companies to examine their supply chains and act ...