Slavery: A Modern Evil

Slavery persists in The United States of America and there are more slaves worldwide than ever before, according to a shocking new documentary series premiering on Al Jazeera English on 10 October 2011. "Slavery: A 21st Century Evil" suggests there are up to 50 000 slaves in America – with 17 000 new slaves arriving every year. The series investigates the largest slave labor case in legal history, in which a California company is charged with enslaving more than 900 Thai child laborers on farms across America. The groundbreaking case goes to court next year. The series claims at present 27 million men, women and children are held, sold and trafficked as slaves throughout the world.