HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN INDIA
Human Trafficking is one of the worst crimes done by the human society. Just for the sake of money, they sell off the humans just as a piece of commodity. Human trafficking is best described under article 3(a) of UNICEF Understanding child trafficking which states that “…the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, or fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation. Exploitation shall include, at a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs”.
Although illegal under indian law, remains a significant problem. People are frequently illegally trafficked through india for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation and forced/bonded labour. Although no reliable study of forced and bonded labour has been completed, NGO's estimate this problem affects 20-65 million Indians. Women and girls are trafficked within the country for the purposes of commercial exploitation and forced marriage especially in those areas where the sex ratio is highly skewed in favour of men. A significant portion of children subjected to forced labour as factory workers, and have been used as armed combatants by some terrorists and insurgent groups.
Some states provide services to victims of bonded labour, but NGO like sparsh, lions internationals, etc provide the majority of protection services to these victims. The central government does not provide protection services to indian victims trafficked abroad for forced labour or commercial sexual exploitation. We're thankful to such institution who are providing such services.
Human Trafficking is one of the worst crimes done by the human society. Just for the sake of money, they sell off the humans just as a piece of commodity. Human trafficking is best described under article 3(a) of UNICEF Understanding child trafficking which states that “…the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, or fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation. Exploitation shall include, at a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs”.
Although illegal under indian law, remains a significant problem. People are frequently illegally trafficked through india for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation and forced/bonded labour. Although no reliable study of forced and bonded labour has been completed, NGO's estimate this problem affects 20-65 million Indians. Women and girls are trafficked within the country for the purposes of commercial exploitation and forced marriage especially in those areas where the sex ratio is highly skewed in favour of men. A significant portion of children subjected to forced labour as factory workers, and have been used as armed combatants by some terrorists and insurgent groups.
Some states provide services to victims of bonded labour, but NGO like sparsh, lions internationals, etc provide the majority of protection services to these victims. The central government does not provide protection services to indian victims trafficked abroad for forced labour or commercial sexual exploitation. We're thankful to such institution who are providing such services.
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