A few facts I picked up after attending a lecture at a local women’s college.· In India, human trafficking remains a low priority for the already corrupt law enforcement.
- Purposes of Trafficking
o Sexual exploit, sex tourism, pornography, cyber crime
o Begging, organ trade, drug peddling and smuggling
o Labor and domestic work
- Vulnerability
o Unhealthy domestic backgrounds (abusive family, poverty, lack of education)
o Social problems (corrupt government, unemployment, weak child protection)
- Average cost of slave Rs. 3500 (about $70)
- 75%-80% are for sex
- Many sex tourists that come to India are Westerners
- 87% said they were not informed before
- 81 convictions were made in 2009, 164 in 2010, of traffickers and brothel owners
- Not always forcibly taken, more are coerced/ tricked through love affairs, marriage proposals, and false job offers
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| CTTE Women's College |
1 comments:
sadly amazing numbers
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