Slavery in the 21st century
Slavery still exists in the 21st century. It is usually called modern slavery or neo-slavery. The ways in which people are made slaves, or kept in slave-like conditions have changed. There no longer is a definition everyone agrees on.  Estimates of the number of slaves today, range from around 38 million to 49.6 million,  depending on the method used to form the estimate and the definition of slavery being used. Those in slavery are often difficult to identify, and difficult to count.