Globalization and the demand for cheap labor have helped force at least 12.3 million people into slave-like work worldwide and create a multi-billion-dollar human trafficking industry, a U.N. agency said on Wednesday.
Rest of CNN article
here.
What I find so interesting is free trade is really
trading people versus goods and that is where the theory falls apart. I dare anyone to find a economic detailed analysis in international trade where Ricardo's "comparative advantage" comes up as a win-win when trading people (labor).