Why these states, why these numbers, and why this is still growing.

This map and ledger track yes-voting states on UN General Assembly Resolution A/80/L.48 — the resolution that called slavery the gravest crime against humanity. By voting yes, these states publicly endorsed both the principle and, by extension, the methodology used to translate that principle into reparations: the Brattle Group / University of the West Indies framework that values one enslaved person at US$5,673,684. We apply that framework to the people enslaved within their own borders today, using Walk Free Foundation, Global Slavery Index 2023 figures sourced directly from the published Walk Free dataset (2023-Global-Slavery-Index-Data.xlsx).

The current roster is 38 yes-voting states, selected on a hybrid of GSI 2023 prevalence, absolute slavery population, and qualitative tier (state-perpetrated, state-tolerated hereditary, systemic, conflict-driven). Earlier versions of the dashboard displayed older draft figures and a partially mismatched country list; this version reconciles every figure to the published Walk Free dataset.

This is a living investigation. Future phases will add the remaining yes-voting states regardless of population size, then abstainers and no-voters, until the map holds every UN member state to the same accountability standard. We are starting with yes-voters because they cannot reject a methodology they themselves endorsed.

Headline: 37,224,000 people enslaved across 38 states, producing a Brattle reparations liability of $211.20T (£164.73T) — roughly 1.89× the entire £87T historical claim the Brattle methodology was originally designed to support.

What this number does not include. This figure captures only the people enslaved right now, today. It is a snapshot, not a cumulative claim. Applying the same methodology across multiple years of modern slavery, or extending the roster to all 193 UN member states, would produce a substantially larger figure. This is a starting point, not a ceiling.

The Follow The Money section documents where slavery wealth went and where it is now. This is forensic financial evidence: compensation records, estate purchases, corporate succession chains, and compound growth calculations.

The extent to which modern descendants bear moral or legal liability for wealth inherited from slaveholding ancestors is a matter for legal and academic debate, not for this workbench to resolve. What this workbench establishes is the evidential trail. The money is traceable. The beneficiaries are identifiable. The question of what to do with that information is for courts, legislatures, and public discourse to determine.

This investigation holds all civilisations to the same standard. Selective citation misrepresents the findings. If you have received an extract of this workbench that focuses on only one civilisation, nation, or ethnic group, you have received an incomplete and misleading version.

Academic: The OSINT Pattern (2026) World Slavery Accountability Workbench, v1.0.

Media: "World Slavery Accountability Workbench", The OSINT Pattern, March 2026.

Short form: Source: The OSINT Pattern, World Slavery Accountability Workbench (2026).