Slave Shopping?

Free The Slaves claims that in Mali a young adult slave can be sold for as low as US$ 40, while in Thailand a young HIV free female slave can be sold for US$ 1000 to work in a brothel (Kevin Bales, Disposable People). Slavery is also taking place in parts of Africa, South Asia and the Middle East (http://www.anti-slaverysociety.org/slavery.htm, Does Slavery Still Exist, Anti Slavery Society.Retrieved on Nov 2 2008). The Middle East Quarterly reports that slavery has taken a form of epidemic in Sudan (http://www.meforum.org/article/449, The Middle East Quarterly. Retrieved on Nov. 2 2008). Chinese government had released 570 people who were enslaved in brick manufacturing in the months of June and July of the year 2007(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6902459.stm,conviction in China Slave Trials. Retrieved on Nov. 3 2008).Out of these people 69 were children(http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-06/15/content_894802.htm, China Daily. Retrieved on Nov 3 2008).Additionally an estimated of 600,000 men , women and children which form 205 of the population of Mauritania were used as bonded slaves.(http://www.saiia.org.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=635:mauritani amadeslaveryillegallastmonth&catid=62:governance-a-aprm-opinion&Itemid=159, Mauritina Made Slavery Illegal Last Month. Retrieved on Nov. 7 2008).In Nigeria the scene is no different. It is found that 800,000 thousand people are enslaved, a whopping 8% of the population.( http://abcnews.go.com/International/Story?id=813618&page=1, The Shackles of Slavery in Niger. Retrieved on Nov. 4 2008).
Similarly the traces of slavery are found in places like Central Africa, Ivory Coast, India, Pakistan, Burma and Iraq