Luis C d'Baca from the US State Department Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons; Kevin Bales, president of Free the Slaves; David Batstone, president of Not for Sale; and Joy Ezeilo, UN Special Rapporteur for Trafficking in Persons.

Slavery: A 21st Century Evil

Al Jazeera slavery debate in full

Over the past 20 years China has become the world's biggest exporter of consumer goods. But behind this apparent success story is a dark secret - millions of men and women locked up in prisons and forced into intensive manual labour.

Slavery: A 21st Century Evil - Prison slaves

In the midst of widespread poverty, fueled by economic inequality and rampant corruption, a new form of slavery - bridal slavery - has flourished in India. Women and young girls are sold for as little as $120 to men who often abuse them.

Slavery: A 21st Century Evil - Bridal slaves

Poverty-stricken men from the north of Brazil are often lured to remote camps where they are used as slave labour.

Charcoal slaves - Slavery: A 21st Century Evil

There are at least 8.4 million child slaves in the world today, many of them held as forced labour.

Child slaves - Slavery: A 21st Century Evil

It is a form of slavery that is passed down from one generation to the next, enslaving millions.

Slavery: A 21st Century Evil - Bonded Slaves

There are an estimated 1.4 million sex slaves in the world today and international trafficking is on the rise.

Slavery: A 21st Century Evil - Sex slaves

It is a nation built on the abolition of slavery, but there are at least 40,000 slaves in the US today. In the opening episode of Slavery: A 21st Century Evil, Al Jazeera's Rageh Omaar investigates food chain slavery in the US.

Slavery: A 21st Century Evil - Food Chain Slaves

This series gives a voice to modern-day slaves, goes in search of the slave masters and asks why slavery persists.

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Slavery: A 21st Century Evil

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