Modern Slavery in Asia: 2014 Global Slavery Index Jordan Hayward

2014 Global Slavery Index anti-slavery campaign group Walk Free Foundation “people subject to forced labour, debt bondage, trafficking, sexual exploitation for money and forced or servile marriage” India has the most slaves overall Mauritania has the highest percentage

2014 Global Slavery Index Nearly 36 million people worldwide, or 0.5% of the world's population Total is 20% higher than for 2013 because of better methodology Evidence of slavery in all 167 countries surveyed

India is estimated to have over 14.2 million slaves

Trafficking in Persons Report 2014 Tier 1 Countries whose governments fully comply with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act’s (TVPA) minimum standards. US, Taiwan, S. Korea Tier 2 Countries whose governments do not fully comply with the TVPA’s minimum standards, but are making significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance with those standards. India, Japan, Philippines Tier 2 Watchlist (Tier 2 and 1+ requirements) absolute number of victims is very significant a failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts a country is making significant efforts based on commitments by the country to take additional future steps over the next year. China, Cambodia Tier 3 Countries whose governments do not fully comply with the minimum standards and are not making significant efforts to do so. North Korea, Thailand, Malaysia

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