claim: says 21 million people "still suffer slavery today."
author: steve mcqueen
evidence_1: jun 1, 2012 ... 21 million people are now victims of forced labour, ilo says ... which criminalises  forced labour, human trafficking and slavery-like practices”.
evidence_2: "ratifying countries are now obliged to implement the treaty and report on  measures taken. ... out of the 24.9 million people trapped in forced labour, 16  million people are ... mrunal thakur tells harrowing real-life story of forced  prostitution.
evidence_3: 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_4: jun 1, 2016 ... sign up for guardian today australian edition: the stories you need to read ...  this year's index also claims that over half of the 45.8 million people living ... (ilo ) estimates that 21 million people are trapped in forced labour and ...
evidence_5: contemporary slavery, also known as modern slavery or neo-slavery, refers to  institutional slavery that continues to exist in present day society. estimates of the  number of slaves today range from around 21 million. to 70 .... the 2018 global  slavery index estimated that 2.8 million people were slaves in the country. the  value ...