The prosperity of South Carolina or Scotland is deeply linked to Stuttgart's or Kuala Lumpur's. Examples of children forced to work to help the family survive can be found in almost every country. In Brazil, child slavery often goes undetected because of a complicated system of subcontracting. It allows slavery to be faceless, ruthless, but highly profitable. Moveable charcoal-making camps trap families desperate for food and work.
Children are in bondage to repay parents' debts and have very little money left for survival.
They work in farming, in mining, in factories. In Pakistan, children work with their parents in hazardous brick-making. Many also are forced to take over the debt bondage of their parents. Many corporations deal with subcontractors who, in turn, seek slave labor. What has happened in the United States in the last few years is the awakening of an educated public.