More than 9,000 people in Singapore are ‘modern-day slaves’: study
Among nearly 46 million people living and working in slave-like conditions worldwide, an estimated 9,200 are in Singapore, according to a global index on 167 countries compiled by a human rights group. The lower the ranking, the less prevalence of “modern slavery” in a country. The group describes modern slavery as the presence of slave-like conditions including human trafficking, sex trafficking, forced labour and debt bondage. According to the index, Singapore ranks worse than Vietnam and 23 other countries.
