BBC on modern slavery:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/world/slavery/default.stm
More about human trafficking around the world at UN Office on Drugs and Crime:
http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/human-trafficking/what-is-human-trafficking.html?ref=menuside
FBI’s work on human trafficking:
http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/civilrights/slavery.htm
Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings:
http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/Commun/QueVoulezVous.asp?NT=197&CM=1&CL=ENG