Modern slavery traps 40.3 million people
Modern slavery overtook the lives of at least 40.3 million people worldwide in 2016, according to estimates by an international organization.
Anti-Slavery International
Shaped by a history of waterways and wars
The first international organization dates to an 1804 treaty on the Rhine River. In the 20th century, organizations for carrying out a lot of the world's cooperation and development proliferated to find complex solutions and prevent wars.