Outright slavery, for example, is still found in a handful of countries in Africa, including abductions in Sierra Leone and Sudan. Debt bondage still exists in many Latin American countries and in parts of the Caribbean.
Countries listed in the report include Brazil, the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
Burma has been cited by the labor agency for compelling villagers to work on public works projects, including tourist facilities. According to human rights groups, such coercion continues even though the government has outlawed the practice. It also noted serious abuses of landless tenant farmers in Pakistan's Sind region. Human trafficking is growing so rapidly globally that most nations are either sending countries, transit countries or receiving countries, the report found. The explosion in trafficking since the breakup of the Soviet Union has not only affected Europe, the report said, but also countries such as Israel and the United States, which are targets for an influx of women brought in by criminal networks.