More than two centuries after abolition, slavery still runs through global supply chains, brothels, and forced labor camps, and this televised debate asks why. Filmed at Decatur House on Washington's Lafayette Square, the only surviving physical evidence that African Americans were once held in bondage within sight of the White House, the panel closes out the Slavery: A 21st Century Evil series with a direct argument rather than a survey of cases. Moderator Rageh Omaar puts the question to four people who shape anti-trafficking policy worldwide: Luis CdeBaca of the US State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, Kevin Bales of Free the Slaves, David Batstone of Not for Sale, and Joy Ezeilo, the UN Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons. They disagree on where responsibility lies, with governments, consumers, or the economics of forced labor itself, and on what would actually shrink the trade rather than just documenting it. No footage of victims here, just the people who write the policies arguing over whether those policies work.