New York — Globally, more than 40 million people are estimated to be enslaved, from those in forced labor to victims of sex trafficked or forced marriage, according to the International Labour Organization
Dozens of banks have signed up to a U.N. program to offer trafficking survivors accounts and debit cards, organizers said on Friday, providing tools they may lack if their captors stole their financial identity or ruined their credit.
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