Global: Modern-day slavery still rampant

Human trafficking for sexual exploitation and forced labor not only still exists in the 21st century, it affects most countries in the world, the United Nations reports. The report by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime urges the international community to do more to protect victims and prosecute offenders. “The fact that this form of slavery still exists in the 21st century shames us all,” UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa said of the report - Trafficking In Persons: Global Patterns.