The world is home to 36 million enslaved individuals
(AGI) Paris, Nov 17 - From cannabis plantations to prostitutionto forced marriages to child trafficking and abuse, there arecurrently 35.8 million people enslaved across the world. Europecounts 556,000 among the newly enslaved, according to the theannual report of the Global Slavery Index (GSI). "One wouldassume slavery is something pertaining to the past, or acondition still present only in countries devastated by povertyand wars," yet it involves 167 countries, explained AndrewForrest, president of the Walk Free Foundation, which haswritten the report. The report pointed out that slaveryconditions contribute to the production