July 30 is United Nations World Day against Trafficking in Persons, established to raise awareness around the issues of modern-day slavery, which often in the forms of forced prostitution and forced labor. 

Today the U.S. State Department estimates there are more than 27 million victims of human trafficking worldwide. But is enough being done to tackle it? 

CGTN’s Alasdair Baverstock reports.

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