A demonstration against modern slavery in London last year
In 2012 President Obama made a powerful speech about modern slavery as an issue that should concern all of us (Box 1). Almost 46 million people in the world are subject to human trafficking or are living in slavery. According to Anti-Slavery International, a person is in slavery if they are:
■ forced to work, by coercion or mental or physical threat
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