教甄◆英文科題庫下載題庫

 ( A ) The idea of treating other humans like chattel seems as antiquated as it is barbaric. But it is big business. Forced labor produces profits of about $150 billion annually, according to a report published today by the International Labor Organization (ILO). Sexual exploitation __(16) a fifth of all victims but two-thirds of profits. The most (17) region for this form of slavery, generating more than $30 billion in 2012 alone, is Asia. The average annual profits per victim of sexual exploitation are $22,000—more than four times (18) gained from non-domestic labor and almost (19) from domestic work. The ILO defines forced labor as involuntary work (20) force, fraud or deception when a penalty or the threat of a penalty is used to coerce. It puts the number of people in these conditions at 21m. Others, such as the Global Slavery Index, place the number as high as 30m—a partially visible workforce that is about the population of Canada.