Society - Slavery - A 21st Century Evil - The Al Jazeera Slavery Debate

Why, hundreds of years after it was legally abolished, does slavery persist? The last episode of Slavery: A 21st Century Evil is a televised debate in which this question, among others, was posed to a panel of those who direct or seek to influence government policies on slavery across the world.The debate was held at Decatur House on Washingtons Lafayette Square - the site of the only remaining physical evidence that African Americans were once held in bondage within sight of the White House - as an iconic venue for the debate on a trade that refuses to die.Moderator Rageh Omaar was joined by: Luis C dBaca from the US State Department Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons Kevin Bales, the president of Free the Slaves David Batstone, the president of Not for Sale and Joy Ezeilo, the UN Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons.