UN slavery estimate raises question: Are 50 million people really enslaved today?

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par Monti Datta, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Richmond

According to the United Nations, about 50 million people are enslaved worldwide.

The report, released Sept. 12, 2022, by the U.N.‘s International Labor Organization, the International Organization for Migration and the human rights group the Walk Free Foundation, revealed that 28 million people are in forced labor and another 22 million in forced marriage.

Forced…