20,900,000 Victims Of Human Trafficking Worldwide

Human trafficking


Contemporary slavery, also known as modern slavery, refers to the institutions of slavery that continue to exist in the present day. Estimates of the number of slaves today range from around 21 million to 29 million. 

Modern slavery is a multi-billion dollar industry with estimates of up to $35 billion generated annually. The United Nations estimates that roughly 27 to 30 million individuals are currently caught in the slave trade industry. 

The Global Slavery Index 2013 states that 10 nations account for 76 percent of the world’s enslaved. India has the most slaves of any country, at 14 million (over 1% of the population).

China has the second-largest number with 2.9 million slaves, followed by Pakistan with 2.1 million, Nigeria with 701,000, Ethiopia with 651,000, Russia with 516,000, Thailand with 473,000, Congo with 462,000, Myanmar with 384,000, and Bangladesh with 343,000.

Mauritania was the last nation to officially abolish slavery, doing so in 2007; yet 4.3% of the population still remains enslaved.

Despite being illegal in every nation, slavery is still prevalent in many forms today.

Slavery also exists on a smaller scale in advanced democratic nations, for example, the UK where Home Office estimates suggest 10,000 to 13,000 victims. This includes forced work of various kinds, such as forced prostitution.

The UK has recently made an attempt to combat modern slavery via the Modern Slavery Act 2015. Large commercial organizations are now required to publish a slavery and human trafficking statement in regard to their supply chains for each financial year.

Source: Truthdcm.com 

Murdered Immigrant in Antwerp, family gets no compensation

Oulematu, the Malian babysitter who was murdered with the child The family of Oulematou Niangadou, the Malian babysitter, shot and killed by Hans Van Themsche in Antwerp, Belgium, will not be compensated. The commission of financial aids for victims of criminal acts announced in an official statement given to the press that the Belgian Justice Ministry decided to compensate the victims 71,500 euros,  but the court challenged the compensation to the Malian woman, owing to the fact that the victim was illegally staying in Belgium. The victim came in with a visa that has since expired. It will be recalled that in 2007, racist student Themsche bought a rifle at 500 euros from a shop in Antwerp, to kill people of foreign origin. Unfortunately, his gun didn't take away the Malian immigrant, but a poor, innocent Belgian child, the victim was babysitting.  His bullet also struck a Turkish woman sitting on a bench nearby, but she survived. The full story about this ruthless and senseless killing can be read in my book called "An African in Antwerp." In the book, I accused both the mayor of Antwerp, Mr. Janssens, and the police of being responsible for the killing of this poor immigrant. You need to live in Antwerp as a foreigner before you will know or understand what I'm talking about. How could they like foreigners when they don't even like themselves? When you are speaking French at some Flemish institutions, you can be confronted and questioned about the reason you are speaking French instead of Flemish.  Unbelievable. What is wrong with it when one speaks a different language spoken by its own nationals? That is Antwerp. Kris Luyckx, the advocate for the victim's family, hopes that the rules on compensation will be amended and points to previous changes brought in to allow victims of human trafficking to get compensation from the commission.