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October 08, 2014
The Global Slavery Index 2013
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Walk Free Foundation released the first edition of the Global Slavery Index in 2013. It measures the size of the modern slavery problem and provides a quantitative ranking of 162 countries around the world. It also outlines the strength of the government responses in the fight against modern slavery.