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Modern slavery most prevalent in North Korea, report says

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Modern slavery is most prevalent in North Korea and other repressive regimes, but developed nations also bear responsibi­lity for it because they import $350 billion of goods produced under suspicious circumstan­ces, according to research released Thursday.

The Global Slavery Index estimates 40.3 million people worldwide were subjected to modern slavery in 2016. In North Korea, 1 in 10 people lived under such conditions.

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