Slavery did not end with abolition in the 19th century. Slavery continues today and harms people in every country in the world. -Antislavery.org
Someone is in slavery if they are:
- forced to work – through coercion, or mental or physical threat
- owned or controlled by an ’employer’, through mental or physical abuse or the threat of abuse
- dehumanised, treated as a commodity or bought and sold as ‘property’
- physically constrained or have restrictions placed on their freedom of movement