Slavery Today

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. According to which well respected publication is it said that there are "more slaves today than were seized from Africa in four centuries of the trans-Atlantic slave trade"? "National Geographic" "Reader's Digest" "Time" "USA Today"

2. The estimated number of people in slavery worldwide is said to have reached which massive number in the 21st Century? 10 million 62 million 18 million 27 million

3. Who said "Is it a crime to sell women? They sell footballers, don't they?" Milan Toposov Vasclav Duponitschz Milorad Milakovic Vladimir Bersheroff

4. In how many countries was slavery legal in the year 2002? none between 6 and 10 under 5 over 11

5. Child slavery is big business - so much so in India that in order to survive some families are forced into selling their children for hard cash which then traps the child for many years in hard working conditions. What is the estimated average cost to buy a child for slavery in India? 145 US Dollars 100 US Dollars 35 US Dollars 125 US Dollars

6. Israeli brothels are big business. It is estimated that in Tel Aviv many of the prostitutes that ply their trade have been bought in from other countries, but which two countries are women found easily to serve the booming sex trade? Moldova and Ukraine Spain and Hungary Romania and Turkey Russia and Poland

7. There are said to be between 25 and 30 million people worldwide who are captive laborers, but in which nation is it easy to find the most overwhelming numbers of these types of slaves? Vietnam Sri Lanka Pakistan India

8. The problems of trafficking humans were being tackled by a number of countries and it was estimated that in 2002 twenty five nations had actively sought and prosecuted traffickers. In a famous case fifteen defendants were charged in the USA and prosecuted for forcing children into a number of terrible ordeals, but what was the name of this watershed case? U.S. vs Pipkins et al U.S. vs Chanderson et al U.S .vs Toner et al U.S. vs Meredith et al

9. Juan and Ramiro Ramos were sentenced to twelve years in prison alongside Jose Luis Ramos who was given ten years in 2002, but for what crimes? For running three brothels. Enslaving Mexicans and sending them to Florida to fruit pick. For recruting young children to work in sweat shops. For kidnapping over 20 children and killing them if they did not carry out their demands.

10. How much is the estimated slave contribution to the global economy? 13 billion US Dollars 10 billion US Dollars 5 billion US Dollars Its impossible to estimate