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The spectre of slavery still haunts the world

Nazira Zuptarova

Nazira Zuptarova Source: SBS

The Global Slavery Index estimates over 40-million people are forced to do unpaid labour worldwide - and thousands of those slaves are put to work here in Australia.



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