claim: "today, 27 million people .. are enslaved."
author: bob corker
evidence_1: oct 17, 2013 ... there are 29.8 million people living as slaves right now, according to a  comprehensive new report issued by the australia-based walk free ...
evidence_2: “north korea has 2.6 million 'modern slaves,' new report estimates”. read article.  time: ... “over 400,000 people living in 'modern slavery' in us, report finds”.
evidence_3: oct 19, 2012 ... the figure of 27 million slaves today comes from researcher kevin bales, of free  the slaves - who blames the huge figure on rapid population ...
evidence_4: sep 20, 2017 ... london (cnn) more than 40 million people were estimated to be victims of  modern slavery in 2016 -- and one in four of those were children.
evidence_5: there are 27 million slaves alive today, more than at any point in history, and  more than were stolen from africa during four centuries of the transatlantic slave ...