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Old 11-22-2013, 12:22 AM   #2
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I wonder how this went under the radar of nosey neighbors.
From the Economist of 19 Oct 2013:
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TEN countries have three-quarters of the world's 30million slaves, according to the first Global Slavery Index, published by Walk Free, a campaign based in Australia and supported by philanthropists. ...

Europe's slavery rates are the lowest, but even in Britain, one of the lowest-ranked countries, the survey reckons up to 4,600 people are enslaved.
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