Paragraph 2
The UN hoped to end modern slavery by 2030. However, since creating this
in 2016, the number of people in
labour or forced marriage shot up by 10 million. The ILO said modern slavery happens when people "cannot refuse or cannot leave
of threats, violence,
, abuse of power or other forms of [force]". The ILO said this problem existed in
countries as well as poor
. An ILO spokesperson said: "It would be a
to believe that forced labour is solely the problem of poor countries." He added that more than half of cases of forced labour and a
of forced marriages are in "upper-middle-
or high-income countries". Women and children are at the most
.
