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Around 50 million people worldwide are trapped in modern forms of slavery, “perpetuated by crime rings,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said Tuesday.

Lydia Mugambe stopped young Ugandan woman holding down steady job and made her work as her maid, court told

Modern slavery is still prevalent worldwide, with an estimated 50 million people—including women, children, and forced laborers—caught in exploitation, according to a new report by the Global Commission on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking.