Editing Organized crime (section)

====Contemporary slavery and forced labor====
The number of [[Slavery|slaves]] today remains as high as 12 million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ilo.org/global/Themes/Forced_Labour/lang--en/index.htm |title=Forced labor – Themes |publisher=Ilo.org |access-date=2010-03-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209072059/http://www.ilo.org/global/Themes/Forced_Labour/lang--en/index.htm |archive-date=February 9, 2010 }}</ref> to 27 million.<ref name="disposable-bales">{{cite book|last=Bales|first=Kevin|title=Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy|publisher=University of California Press|date=1999|page=[https://archive.org/details/disposablepeople00bale_0/page/9 9]|chapter=1|isbn=0-520-21797-7|chapter-url-access=registration|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/disposablepeople00bale_0|url=https://archive.org/details/disposablepeople00bale_0/page/9}}</ref><ref name=time>{{cite magazine |author=E. Benjamin Skinner |date=2010-01-18 |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1952335,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111040618/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1952335,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 11, 2010 |title=sex trafficking in South Africa: World Cup slavery fear |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |access-date=2010-08-29 }}</ref><ref name="un.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.smfcdn.com/assets/pubs/un_chronicle.pdf |title=UN Chronicle &#124; Slavery in the Twenty-First Century |publisher=Un.org |access-date=2010-08-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716093517/http://www.smfcdn.com/assets/pubs/un_chronicle.pdf |archive-date=July 16, 2011 }}</ref> This is probably the smallest proportion of slaves to the rest of the world's population in history.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0901/p16s01-wogi.html |title=Slavery is not dead, just less recognizable |publisher=Csmonitor.com |date=2004-09-01 |access-date=2011-12-17}}</ref> Most are [[debt bondage|debt slaves]], largely in [[South Asia]], who are under [[debt bondage]] incurred by [[Loan sharks|lenders]], sometimes even for generations.<ref>{{cite web |author=UK |url=http://www.newint.org/issue337/facts.htm |title=Slavery in the 21st century |publisher=Newint.org |access-date=2010-08-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527095857/http://www.newint.org/issue337/facts.htm |archive-date=2010-05-27 }}</ref> It is the fastest growing criminal industry and is predicted to eventually outgrow [[illegal drug trade|drug trafficking]].<ref name=voa/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2783655.stm |title=Asia's sex trade is 'slavery' |work=BBC News |date=2003-02-20 |access-date=2010-08-29}}</ref>