This man’s son left home seeking work but was kidnapped by traffickers. The gang says they will release him if the family pays a ransom
You might think that slavery was abolished centuries ago, but it remains a global issue even today. But what exactly is modern-day slavery? The answer is that the term covers more than one offence. Its two most common forms are forced labour and human trafficking. These often overlap, but are not the same.
The International Labour Organization (ILO) in its Forced Labour Convention no. 29, issued in 1930, defined forced labour. It said that forced labour is all work or service:
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