Slavery may sound a thing of past, but it still persist and continues to grow as almost 46 million people around the world are still trapped in this vicious cycle.
Pakistan was unfortunately ranked third on the Global Slavery Index 2016, report with the highest absolute numbers of people in modern slavery, with estimated 2,134,900 people trapped in slavery. India topped the list, with an estimated 18,354,700 people in modern slavery.
“Several of these countries provide the low-cost labour that produces consumer goods for markets in Western Europe, Japan, North America and Australia,” said the Global Slavery Index report.
According to Bloomberg, the survey Global Slavery Index, conducted by an Australian based group. The survey tracks the number of people stuck in "situations of exploitation that a person cannot refuse or leave because of threats, violence, coercion, abuse of power or deception."
This consists of practices including forced labor in farming, fishing and manufacturing, commercial sex work and forced marriage.
The report says that the countries with the highest estimated prevalence of modern slavery by the proportion of their population are North Korea, Uzbekistan, Cambodia, India, and Qatar.
The study collected information from 167 countries conducting 42,000 interviews in 53 languages to determine the prevalence of the issue and government responses.
"Governments need to look more closely at illicit labor recruitment, crack down on the illegal companies that provide conduit in which people end up in slavery, and penalize the companies and individuals that are using bonded labor, either directly or in their supply chains," the group said in a statement.
"At the same time, it is important that we tackle the conditions that drive labor migration by creating opportunities within home countries," added the group.
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