Rageh Omaar

...it is cheaper to purchase a slave today than it was at the height of the Atlantic slave trade....

I was just reading an interview with Rageh Omaar about his idealism and journalism etc on and there are some startling things mentioned in there.

For one, there are an estimated 27 million slaves in the world and:

According to research accepted by the US government, it is cheaper to purchase a slave today than it was at the height of the Atlantic slave trade.