Slavery Grows In Asia

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This summer, an Australian man imprisoned in China reported that prisoners were making headphones for global airlines like Qantas and British Airways. Some 300,000 sets of the disposable headphones were made by uncompensated prisoners who were forced to work without pay and regularly beaten. The index says that there are about 3 million slaves in China, in state-run forced labor camps, at private industrial firms making electronics and designer bags, and in the brick-making industry.

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/10/a-map-of-the-worlds-slave-workforce/280732/

A Map of the World's Slave Workforce
According to a new estimate, there are 30 million forced laborers in the world. Some reports show they're involved in making everything from iPhones to chocolate.
TIM FERNHOLZ
OCT 21 2013, 11:03 AM ET